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Why is the Hudson River so low?
Don Lehman—[email protected]
The beach area at Haviland Cove is seen Monday afternoon. Dam repairs resulted in a notable drop in the river level in recent days.
Many who have driven by or over the Hudson River around the Glens Falls region in the past few days have noticed how low it is.
The river appeared 10 or 15 feet below normal at Haviland Cove as of Monday afternoon, and the drop was quite noticeable in spots downstream as well.
So what caused the river to drop so much in recent days?
Boralex Hydro Operations was doing work at its dam in Glens Falls in recent days, which prompted the company to have to manipulate the river’s flows.
The dam is located near Finch Paper Co.
Chris Harrington, Queensbury’s water superintendent, said DA Collins Construction was also doing some work at the dam near Sherman Island in Queensbury.
He said the area behind the Queensbury dam was being refilled as of Monday, and once it was filled, flows should return to normal in the next day or so. Andy Davis, manager of community relations for Brookfield, said the work done at Sherman Island was not responsible for the drawdown, however.
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