The sedimentation problem in Wright Patman Lake is not primarily because of erosion in the upper Sulphur River Basin but because of wind and water erosion in the lake itself, according to Mike Buttram ...
John Redmond Reservoir averages just 6 feet deep. The lake, which supplies water to several Kansas towns and the Wolf Creek nuclear plant, now sits with only about 58 percent of its original capacity.
The civic body’s ambitious water supply augmentation scheme may fall flat in near future as it is struggling to find a solution to the sedimentation problem at two of its major plants — Palta and ...