The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District issued the following statement:
For Immediate Release
2 November 2015
Ramps reopened at Barnett Reservoir
Barnett Reservoir officials on Monday reopened 10 ramps closed due to low water levels related to the months-long drought.
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District officials announced that only one ramp remains closed — one lane at Rankin County Landing that is scheduled for repair. The problem was spotted while another ramp at the landing was being fixed during the low water conditions. Other ramps at the Rankin Landing are open.
The popular Fannin Landing in Rankin County has reopened, as well as the ramps in the Glen Cove, Bay Park and Harbor View subdivisions in Pelahatchie Bay.
In Madison County, the Twin Harbor ramps were repaired during the closure and are now open. The ramp on the Madison County side of the spillway is also open.
On the upper end of the main lake in the vicinity of Mississippi Highway 43, ramps at Brown’s Landing, Goshen Springs Campground, Lake Harbor Road and Harbor Lane have reopened.
At 2 p.m. Monday, Barnett Reservoir stood at 296.04 feet above sea level, having risen nearly a foot over the last week. The lake remains nearly 18 inches below the target level of 297.5, and users are advised to use caution when boating on the 33,000-acre lake. At the lower level, more obstacles are closer to the surface.
5 comments:
Cool. Good to see ramps opening. Tommy's on 43 has hit a gold mine with all the lower ramps being closed.
Reservoir Gage over time:
http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/ms/nwis/uv/?cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&site_no=02485600&period=&begin_date=2015-01-01&end_date=2015-11-02
You can adjust the time period to look at one year. It was straight down hill from mid-July to the end of October.
This should have given the Rez Boyz plenty of time to repair the junk ramps that result in destroyed tires and axles. I'm bettin' they have done nothing to repair the ramps.
Sigman and the boys have pickup trucks riding around the Rez perimeter all day long. They circle through the ramp areas and leave. Maybe they're looking for stranded cattle. Not sure. Never see a crew of these guys working to maintain piers or ramps.
They love it when they get to take the long ride (on the clock) over through Madison and out to Lost Rabbit and Twin Harbor. That's at least a two paid-hour ride when you couple it with a trip up to Brown's and over around by Tommy's to Fannin.
They're too busy fixing the plastic fencing around the mud pit, I mean "beach", in Pelehatchie Shore Park.
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