Talk:Lake Sakakawea

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This page states the power generation capacity as 240 megawatts, but [1] states .515 megawatts. Pud 08:56, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I'd have to agree:

"The dam produces enough electricity to supply the electrical needs of a city the size of Omaha, Nebraska, and its 350,000 people." [2]

That suggests a power level in the hundreds of kilowatts, not megawatts.

--Alexwcovington 10:25, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

What was I thinking! http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/garrison/dam.html says 515,000 KW, which is 515 Mw, not .515 Mw, I mis-read it. Also, the annual generated electricty as noted by the USACE is 1.8 to 2.6 billion kilowatt-hours, which divides down to 205-296megawatts continuous production.

So, Alexwcovington, your edit from June 14 that states 240 megewatts was right. My apologies.

Pud 17:28, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Ok, I fixed the power numbers and added the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Garrison Dam link. Again, my apologies for the wrong number.

Pud 17:51, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Draining the lake

Should something be added to mention that the Coprs of Engineers are draining the lake? I was thinking something like the following:

"In spite of the fact that the lake is used for drinking water for the region, the Army Corps of Engineers insist that downstream navigation needs to be maintained, even at the cost of the local area."

<start extreme sarcasm>Too POV perhaps?</sarcasm> Seriously though, something should be mentioned about the dropping water levels....

Just a suggestion.... - NDCompuGeek 15:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move up?

If Lake Mead and Powell keep drying up will this Lake soon pass them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.110.221.182 (talk • contribs)