Lake Level Dangerously Low Again

Because of a major leak in dam gate number 1, the level of Lake Lenape is almost 1.5 feet below normal and is currently loosing over an inch of water a day. I personally have never seen the lake this low this time of year, even during drought conditions. The Township or County has yet to officially inform residents as to what the problem is or how they plan to resolve it. After talking with an Atlantic County official, I learned that the County does not know why the gate is leaking and they did make an unsuccessful attempted at sandbagging the leaky gate yesterday, 6/24/2008. Within the next few days, they plan on inspecting the gate with a video camera for debris or damage. If you are or plan on boating on the lake please use extreme caution.