Anybody know if it is open or not? Last I heard it was closed, but that was a while back...
Squaw Creek reservoir
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Have you seen this?
http://www.petitiononline.com/squaw/petition.html
Petition to reopen Squaw Creek or stop stocking it with TPWD funds.
http://www.petitiononline.com/squaw/petition.html
Petition to reopen Squaw Creek or stop stocking it with TPWD funds.
Have you seen this?
Re-open or empty Squaw Creek Reservoir Petition
Petition to reopen Squaw Creek or stop stocking it with TPWD funds.
Re-open or empty Squaw Creek Reservoir Petition
Petition to reopen Squaw Creek or stop stocking it with TPWD funds.
I don't see Squaw Creek opening any time soon, due to the location of Luminant's Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Station Units 1 and 2, and their pending application to build Units 3 and 4. When I was diving there in 2000-2001 doing my Divemaster training, I couldn't believe that you were actually that close to the cooling water inlets for 1 and 2. And even though 3 and 4 are not planned to take water from Squaw Creek, it is impractical to assume that security requirements in this day and time would permit scuba divers into a water body that close to four Nuclear power plants.
Last I heard it was still 'closed' to divers.
Crazyduck
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Yup closed to divers and they are talking about adding two more units!
So with units three and four we will have a hot tub for diving in the winter!
So with units three and four we will have a hot tub for diving in the winter!
Actually, Units 3 and 4 won't use the lake, they will draw water directly from Lake Granbury, circulate it through cooling towers, then through a treatment plant to remove the accumulated chlorides, and return the remaining water back to Lake Granbury.
Additionally, I don't know if anyone accessed the "petition" or not, but there are quite a few humorous, as well as incorrect, statements in there. Squaw Creek Reservoir was built and paid for by Luminant (TXU), and is not owned by the State of Texas. And while TPWD may assist in stocking the lake, I am pretty sure this is done to maintain an ecological and environmental balance of organisms in the lake (since it does dump it's overflow into Squaw Creek, which ultimately drains back into the Brazos at Tres Rios).
Hate to burst any bubbles, but much to our collective chagrin, I don't think any recreational divers will be accessing Squaw Creek any time soon.
Cheers!
Additionally, I don't know if anyone accessed the "petition" or not, but there are quite a few humorous, as well as incorrect, statements in there. Squaw Creek Reservoir was built and paid for by Luminant (TXU), and is not owned by the State of Texas. And while TPWD may assist in stocking the lake, I am pretty sure this is done to maintain an ecological and environmental balance of organisms in the lake (since it does dump it's overflow into Squaw Creek, which ultimately drains back into the Brazos at Tres Rios).
Hate to burst any bubbles, but much to our collective chagrin, I don't think any recreational divers will be accessing Squaw Creek any time soon.
Cheers!
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