Draining Lake Ellyn
I found this interesting.
Half a million taxpayer bucks to drain a man-made lake (pond??)........ that Mother Nature will fill right back up.
Why Glen Ellyn might drain Lake Ellyn
Lake Ellyn to be drained for project to prevent overflowing
It's a "stormwater management project" to do repairs/upgrades to the drain of Lake Ellyn.
"Water now is released from the lake at a maximum rate of about 50 cubic feet per second. Construction of a new, larger outlet control structure will increase the peak rate to about 90 to 95 cubic feet per second, or roughly 62 million gallons a day."
But a price tag of $555k? Seems incredibly steep for such a small pond.
The Board only got 1 bid. Not a wise move.
And nothing is mentioned about fish. I presume Pond Ellyn is stocked?
Maybe a chunk of the funds is for fish relocation and/or babysitting?
Out for now........
Matt
