Thread: Swan Creek Dewatering Area

congrats on your baby, and what is a dewatering area?

Originally Posted by usafret99

congrats on your baby, and what is a dewatering area?

Basically an area they flood for duck hunting... But it holds a good amount of fish and some big bull bluegill as the water is not completely drained out of the area.

Originally Posted by callshy

Basically an area they flood for duck hunting... But it holds a good amount of fish and some big bull bluegill as the water is not completely drained out of the area.

Exactly what Scott said.

they plant corn or other food crops after they remove the water for waterfowl. Have a blind draw for 50 permanent duck blinds each season. there are two ways they let water in or out. there are pumps on the east end and a water control culvert on the west end that goes through a narrow levi into lake wheeler. the pipe requires no energy but the area must be filled when Lake Wheeler is full and emptied when lake is down. the cost was shared by the utility dept. the pipe has rusted and is not being used for the 2nd year now. last fall i was told the state was trying to get the utility dept to share the cost of replacing the metal pipe with a concrete one.