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That diversion dam has not been operable since the 1930s and was removed to restore the steelhead run in the creek.  So all the times any of us have seen a full Lake Lag it has been after that dam ceased to work.  I hope that means that we can all expect to occasionally see a full Lake Lag from time to time.

Do you have a reference for this?

The dam created a flume that filled Lake Lagunita with drinking water, but the flume and dam have not been operational since the 1930s, according to the university.

https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2019/03...om-to-roam

Both statements could be true.  Perhaps Stanford has used different methods to artificially fill the lake that didn't depend on the non-operative dam and flume.  I wonder if such methods could still be used.  I don't believe the flume is still in continuous existence from the creek to the lake--the golf course, Campus Drive, and new developments seem to have been built over it, although I have seen some sections of a dry ditch that look like they might be residual pieces of it.

As for the victory garden, I can believe that.  Many 19th century artificial canals and lakes were carefully lined with clay to retain the water, and piercing the clay would ruin the effect--like opening the drain in a bathtub.

[81alum]

That diversion dam has not been operable since the 1930s and was removed to restore the steelhead run in the creek.  So all the times any of us have seen a full Lake Lag it has been after that dam ceased to work.  I hope that means that we can all expect to occasionally see a full Lake Lag from time to time.

Do you have a reference for this?

The dam created a flume that filled Lake Lagunita with drinking water, but the flume and dam have not been operational since the 1930s, according to the university.

https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2019/03...om-to-roam

Both statements could be true.  Perhaps Stanford has used different methods to artificially fill the lake that didn't depend on the non-operative dam and flume.  I wonder if such methods could still be used.  I don't believe the flume is still in continuous existence from the creek to the lake--the golf course, Campus Drive, and new developments seem to have been built over it, although I have seen some sections of a dry ditch that look like they might be residual pieces of it.

As for the victory garden, I can believe that.  Many 19th century artificial canals and lakes were carefully lined with clay to retain the water, and piercing the clay would ruin the effect--like opening the drain in a bathtub.