Business as usual on the lake, although the levels are low for the time of year.

I’ve been asked by more than a few people this week what’s going on with Chasewater Dam – in the last few weeks water levels have been lowered and traffic blocked from the dam road; crews and equipment have been working on apparent drainage works.

Not finding any mention via existing channels, yesterday I asked Staffordshire County Council via Twitter, as well as the official Chasewater twitter account what was happening.

I didn’t expect much as both accounts generally ignore requests they don’t like, and after a day of polite, persistent questioning and requests for a press release, very little was forthcoming.

Images of current dam works kindly supplied by Andy Dennis

I was therefore amused this afternoon to note a release had subsequently been prepared and sent to fellow local site Lichfield Live, but not me, who requested it. Fit of pique much? Ah well, at least they didn’t communicate this time via badly formatted, off-message flyers nailed to trees…

Anyway, it seems work is ongoing to sort some minor drainage issues with the dam, prior to the next safety inspection. It’s unclear what prompted the work, but with such an experimental project, a certain amount of tinkering is to be expected I guess.

Here’s the article from Lichfield Live which can be read on their site here.