Eastern Lake Outfall [merged threads]

[Lake View Too]

The County did a good thing in digging out the Easter Lake Inlet.

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[Teresa]

Beautiful.

 

[Bob]

Score one for Walton County!!

 

[Jim Tucker]

Why is it a good thing?

 

[Lake View Too]

Since 2005, when 20 dump truck loads of full sand were deposited on the historic flood plain of the inlet, the inlet has been forced too far westward to break out normally. This has upset the salinity levels, decreasing fish populations and increasing invasive species of plants. It has undermined houses, and hampered access to the beach for both locals and visitors alike. Restoration of the inlet to its historical position is a good thing.

 

[justhavinfun]

I found it hard to believe that county would take any action like this proactively - Any insights as to why they opened the mouth of the lake?

 

[Dawn]

Since 2005, when 20 dump truck loads of full sand were deposited on the historic flood plain of the inlet, the inlet has been forced too far westward to break out normally. This has upset the salinity levels, decreasing fish populations and increasing invasive species of plants. It has undermined houses, and hampered access to the beach for both locals and visitors alike. Restoration of the inlet to its historical position is a good thing.

The county has done this before and you've seen it. Doesn't help because houses were built too close and are blocking nature. The natural thing is for the outlet to move westward as they do for every other Lake. The sand added is long gone.

The house on the west side is the problem. If nature were allowed to take her course that house would be out to sea and the lake would be better for it.

 

[Lake View Too]

If the added sand is long gone, why hasn't the Inlet broke out as it use to do, historically , since the early 60's?

 

[Dawn]

I just don't buy that those 20 truckloads of sand are still there. At least not where the lake flows. Doesn't make sense.

 

[Lake View Too]

Well, of course it isn't where the lake flows now. It's where the lake use to flow for the last fifty years, before the artificial berm was formed. All you people that are aghast at digging the channel where it has traditionally been, don't seem to be aghast at the unnatural dumping of compaction sand that started the whole problem in the first place.