Hap­py New Year! 

As you like­ly know, the town of Hop­kin­ton start­ed an extend­ed draw­down of the lake water lev­el in Octo­ber. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, the extend­ed draw­down has not reached its intend­ed goal of drop­ping the lev­el to 8’ below the nor­mal lake lev­el (as mea­sured at the dam). Much of this is due to the late start to the draw­down and the very wet fall weath­er we have experienced.

In addi­tion, the mild win­ter tem­per­a­tures have not helped in stunt­ing the expect­ed weed growth. The Hop­kin­ton DPW has informed us that they will begin clos­ing the gate at the dam on or about Jan­u­ary 15th. You should see the water lev­el on the lake begin to rise short­ly thereafter.

If you have any ques­tions, please feel free to reach out and we will answer them the best that we can. Thank you to all of those that have been shar­ing pic­tures of the extend­ed draw­down on Face­book. It is a great way for us to doc­u­ment the extend­ed draw­down of 2023.

Jaime Goncalves
LMPA Pres­i­dent