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2020 Spring/Summer Hopkins Dam Report As I said in last Fall’s newsletter, the Directors of the LSLA voted me in as the Hopkins Dam DamKeeper at the LSLA Directors’ meeting after the conclusion of the LSLA Annual meeting. I am humbled and honored to hold this title, but it is the combined hard work and dedication of the Dam Committeewhich includesDaveVance and Justine Beaudoin that ensures that the Hopkins Dam is well maintained and that the LSLA membership stays informed on lake levels and dam information. I would again like to reiterate tremendous thanks to Bruce Micucci for his 23 years as DamKeeper and his tireless efforts in support of Little Sebago Lake in the last 30+ years. was closed on April 15 th with ice still in the coves. Winter melt and spring storms brought us to a full lake on April 28 th . Little Sebago stayed within 2” of summer high until September 21 st when the lake level went 2.25” below summer high. The 4th driest September on record brought the lake down to 3” below summer high by October 2 nd . Little Sebago maintained that level until October 15 th . Heavy fall rains brought the lake back up to 2” above summer high by the beginning of November – even though the dam was open. We can bring the full lake down about an inch a day with the dam open, but 1 inch of rain brings the lake up 3 inches. By Thanksgiving we were 6” low. The lake continued to draw down until the winter low was achieved on February 23 rd when the lake was 20” below summer high. As I write this at the end of the first week of April, we are 15” below summer high. We will be closing on The lake was already 3” below summer high when the Hopkins Dam was opened for the winter drawdown on October 15 th . We started last year 13” below summer high when the dam

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