Low lake levels leave some businesses high and dry
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) – Business owners around Boone Lake worry they might be left high and dry this summer with the Tennessee Valley Authority’s sustained drawdown of the lake.
The Johnson City Press (http://bit.ly/1JVlAza ) is reporting that TVA has announced that water levels will remain low this summer while crews work to find the source of leak under the earthen embankment that is part of the Boone Dam system. That puts water levels roughly 30 feet below summer levels.
A fishing tournament and a speedboat race have already been canceled. One marina is developing an RV park and campsite to cope with the absence of boating.
The seepage was discovered in October.
The TVA said in a press conference Thursday that repairs would keep the Boone Reservoir low for at least a year.
