Lake Eildon has fallen this week to a level of 92.01%, a decrease of 0.73%. This is typical of what has been happening for all of 2012 so far - where every week has been a fall of somewhere between 0.48% and 0.74%. An average fall would be 1.26% so we still continue to gain ground on the typical lake level.This has resulted in an increase in the ATA (All Time Average) to 144.00%, up by 1.70% on last week's result. There has been an increase in the L5A (Last 5-year Average) to 192.88%, up by 0.10%...

The pondage mini hydro power station operates at ALL times that the release into the river is 1,500 Ml/day or higher. That is, generally all the time during the irrigation season. They carry out their annual maintenance at a time of year when releases are highly unlikely to exceed 1,500 Ml/day, so as to be available to take advantage of flood releases, pre-releases, environ. releases etc.The maximum amount of water that the turbine can handle is about 5,000 Ml/day. If the required release is greater than that, then the gates are opened as well (ie. the power station is still...

Wowsers!I'd love to ski on the pondage. Always glass!!!!Cheers,RBStatistics: Posted by The Red Baron — Today, 01:35