New York – Concerns Over Raising Lake Ontario Water Levels | wgrz.com
WILSON, N.Y. – The International Joint Commission wants to raise the water level of Lake Ontario, but they’re facing some tough opposition not only from Niagara and Orleans County legislators but from lakeside homeowners.
The big concern centers on the controversial “BV7″ plan. This plan by the International Joint Commission could alter water levels by up to 12 inches for the first time in several decades…Read Entire Article Here
June 9, 2012
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Jeff Pennington
June 11, 2012 at 8:52 pm
The new BV7 plan is an important step toward fair management of a public resource. It benefits boaters, hydropower, shipping, and most important – fishermen and the business that depend on them. The old plan (1958!) was authored in part to provide government subsidized protection to a small number of people who built vacation homes in a flood plain, while the rest of us got nothing. A vocal few of these people are willing to say anything to protect their current subsidy, even though the new plan gives them $24 Million per year in benefits.