Talk:Tempe Town Lake

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2007 comment
Prior to the present Tempe Town Lake (2007) There was a Ski Lake on the site. It was much smaller and east of the Mill ave. Bridge. It was primarily the work of Ernie Mohamed, a local paving contractor. It developed out of desire to have a place to operate and test Ski boats without a trip to the SRP Lakes on the Salt River and Lake Pleasant on the Agua Fria. This occurred around 1958. The location of Lake was partly responsible for a motel being built on the north bank of the Salt River east of Mill Ave. The motel outlasted the Lake and was demolished for construction of the 202 Freeway. The source of water for the lake was probably the SRP canal which was a short distance north of the river. Some modern articles credit an ASU Professor with the idea for the town lake, but Ernie actually built a recreational lake there. Ernie's lake could hardly be considered a financial success.

bob mcknight```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.208.59.203 (talk) 07:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Dam break
Note that the article on azcentral.com (web site shared by The Arizona Republic and KPNX TV) currently shows a dateline of July 20, 2010, and a time of 6:51 a.m., which of course would have been several hours before the event. The news story was originally posted just after 10 p.m. on July 20, and apparently as updates occurred overnight the time stamp was changed, but not the date. Please do not edit the story to modify the date of the break: July 20 is correct, based on local time in Tempe AZ.

NameIsRon (talk) 15:49, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Inflow and outflow
Currently, the infobox says the inflow is from the Central Arizona Project (CAP). Of course the lake lies in the bed of the Salt River, so when water is flowing in the river, it may reach the lake. Regarding how the level of the water in the lake is maintained when no water is flowing in the river (which is the normal state), the official facts sheet for the lake says: Water to keep the lake full comes from reclaimed water, recharge and recovery and water exchanges I am not sure of the best way to show this in the infobox, where the space is limited, but I believe that simply saying "CAP" is not correct. NameIsRon (talk) 16:08, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Per, no CAP water has been used since 2005, and most of the replacement water has been from upstream users, so I just put Salt River in the infobox to reflect that. Tito xd (?!? - cool stuff) 00:43, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I think we can all agree that the lake draws water from several sources. All of the ones you have discussed are valid as i have heard the same info over the years.  I remember when it was initially filled, they filled it with CAP water from the Colorado river.  The City of Tempe discharges processed waste water into it and the actual river is a source when it is flowing.  The question remains how can we get this information out in an efficient way. Cygnusloop99 (talk) 04:46, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * We could put "various" and explain in the main prose (although that's sort of a cop out...) Tito xd (?!? - cool stuff) 06:57, 25 July 2010 (UTC)