Pictures of Forest Hill Lake Restoration XII
Latest update from David Hathcock:
You don’t have to have a hurricane to have a flood.
The rain over the weekend caused serious flooding at Forest Hill Lake. Even though the 71 year old control valve was open, the water rose to such a level that it overflowed the top of the dam/causeway. You can see around the edges how high the water was around a park bench. The flood also provided ample evidence of how much litter is in the Reedy Creek basin, because it all ends up in the lake.
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How much flood, just from a rainfall? If my math is right, 6 inches of rain over a 100-acre drain area means 12.5 feet of water in a four acre lake. If you saw the footage on Channel 12 of the flooding on Midlothian turnpike, all that water ultimately comes to Forest Hill Lake.
Thanks as always to David for providing us this weekly update of the lake process.
Let me edit myself. All the water that falls in the Reedy Creek basin comes down to FHL. The water that goes into the storm drains does not, of course.