How low will the Lake be pumped?
Lake Meredith was developed for the 11 Member Cities as a water supply source. Because it remains an important supply for the cities, pumping will continue as long as possible. It is important to note that since its inception, Lake Meredith has provided almost 850 billion gallons of water. That is 850 billion gallons that would likely have come from groundwater resources, which for the most part are not renewable. It is possible that the current drought could extend long enough so that the Lake is not useful as a water supply; however, by looking at inflow records for the last 70 years, that is not the most likely scenario. CRMWA believes that in the worst case (even less inflow that we have had in the past several years), the Lake could be pumped down to a level of 25 to 30 feet depth. At those levels, Lake Meredith would have between 1,500 and 1,900 surface acres and would extend to about the Fritch Fortress area. Pumping down to that level is not expected but we did not expect it to
