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Sep. 24—MORGANTOWN — The effects of the ongoing drought are apparent around Cheat Lake. Marinas are largely empty. ... Lake Lynn Generation has notified the Federal Energy Regulatory ...
Aug. 29—MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has joined the chorus of voices opposing Lake Lynn Generation's proposal to lower the level of Cheat Lake by 3 feet. Capito wrote to the Federal ...
Aug. 21—MORGANTOWN — Lake Lynn Generation has received OK's from several government agencies for its proposal to lower the level of Cheat Lake by 3 feet to mitigate reduced dissolved oxygen ...
Cheat Lake is a 13-mile-long (21 km) reservoir on the Cheat River in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. [2] It was originally named Lake Lynn, but the Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon Cheat Lake as the reservoir's name in 1976. [1] Cheat Lake is located immediately downstream of the 10-mile-long (16 km) Cheat Canyon.
Cheat Lake is located at (39.666538, -79.85 [ 1 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the Cheat Lake CDP has a total area of 15.8 square miles (41 km 2 ), of which 14.3 square miles (37 km 2 ) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2 ) (10.3%) is water.
Oct. 2—MORGANTOWN — Lake Lynn Generation's proposal to lower the level of Cheat Lake in order to maintain the required level of dissolved oxygen came to an official end on Wednesday. In a ...
In Point Marion at the confluence of the Monongahela and Cheat rivers, the waters crested at 40 ft (12 m), or 14 ft (4.3 m) above flood stage. [7] There were many evacuation orders after a false report that the Lake Lynn dam had burst, which is located along the Cheat River several miles south of Point Marion in extreme northern West Virginia.
Oct. 30—MORGANTOWN — The proposal to remove 307.1 acres surrounding Cheat Lake from federal protection continues to generate public concern as the the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ...