Report: Water levels at Atascadero Lake much higher this year
Water levels slowly begin to drop as temperatures rise
– The future of Atascadero Lake was the topic of a public meeting held on Monday evening, according to a recent report by KSBY. It’s mid-July and Atascadero Lake is still almost completely full, but water levels are slowly starting to drop as temperatures rise.
The meeting aimed to address the current state of Atascadero Lake and discuss potential measures to mitigate the decreasing water levels.
The 30-acre lake offers space for kayaking, fishing, and even boating–as long as it’s an electric motor.
The lake fills up during wet years and slowly recedes during the Summer. For drier years, there are supplemental pipelines that bring extra water into the basin. the non-profit group Friends of Atascadero Lake is in charge of turning the pump on and off as needed with one of the pipelines, but that’s about to change.
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