The State Water Commission doesn't plan on lowering Devils Lake the "24 feet" it has risen since the drought years. So- $25 million+ for an outlet to lower the lake, not 24 feet but 1.4 feet, (see below) plus annual operating costs of $800,000 dollars -paid for by ND taxpayers. Landowners adjacent to the lake will not recover land under water-the pumping is planned to stop at 1445 feet, a drop of 1.4 feet from its current level. See ND Water Resources Map, notice the "inlet/outlet".
Cover Letter / Administrative Order No. 03-4 / Recommendations
