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Fresh air, clean-clear-blue water, and dark night skies are reasons we moved to northern Michigan in the 1990’s.
Living directly on Lake Huron to maximize its benefits and get away from the world’s pollution and all of its problems.
Presque Isle County - Save Our Lakes: Grand Lake and Lake Esau, legislative actions are affecting all of these possibilities in legislation actions that are being presented and are guaranteed to fail.
Lasting for "perpetuity" - the earth itself isn’t going to last that long.
The legislation goes on to establish lake levels for both of the lakes. Not permitting for any variance in the regulated water levels at all. This necessitates an immediate and unregulated response equal in volume to every deviatory water event. Example: ten inches of water (rainfall) requires the immediate removal of an equal amount of that water volume from the lakes themselves in order to maintain their regulated levels.
Pumping capacity, mechanical requirements and costs are defined in the application of this legislation by and in of itself. Instant responses to rain water, snow, slush, ice, waste water or any other runoff coming in from the rest of a lake’s watershed greatly increase the scale of the problem.
This is just beginning, other costs yet to be defined from this legislation: the mechanical control systems components required; the costs of purchasing and constructing the control systems; the costs of owning, operating and continuously maintaining the control systems; the benefit to the community; access, building and equipment sites and locations; finding, fixing, and maintaining power supplies at full backups - 24/7; the sources of additional water; when, how and where to dispose of excessive amounts of snow, water and ice.
Sold as a Pig in a Poke: Nothing in this legislation is left to the discretion of the County and its delegated authority. Costs will continue to escalate and grow throughout perpetuity as of this legislation with all of its legal fees and hidden challenges.
Lance Heitz
Presque Isle