RAINS RAISE LAKE SOMERVILLE LEVELS

  

With five inches of rain falling on Brenham and more rain the forecast, Lake Somerville Reservoir Manager Emmitt Attaway says he is hopeful about the lake levels.

 

Lake Somerville has come up a lot in the past three years when a devastating drought took hold of the area.
Lake Somerville has come up a lot in the past three years when a devastating drought took hold of the area.

He says the overnight rains Tuesday meant a half a foot increase in the lake levels.  He says he is looking at future rain in the area.

The normal level for Lake Somerville is 238 feet.  With the half a foot gain in the water levels, the lake is now at 235.83 feet.  In the last few hours since this (Tuesday) morning's reading the level rose further to 236.02.

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