cedros Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 The lake level has now reached the high of 2010. Another 10 centimeters and it will reach the high of 2008. The rate of rise is decreasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Aurora Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 It is invading our lower field now,just going under the rock wall.Have a lot of big Carpa now to fish for right in our back yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringal Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 Someone painted a running figure on the Malecon wall facing the lake. It's been fun going out on the pier and watching the water rise on the figure. It's up to his knees as of this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 I crossed the Rio Lerma this afternoon up around La Piedad. It was running high, out of its banks and had a seriously robust stream flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdmowers Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 4 hours ago, La Aurora said: It is invading our lower field now,just going under the rock wall.Have a lot of big Carpa now to fish for right in our back yard Wouldn`t recommend eating, a gov`t study shows contains mercury and is possibly why villages east of Mescala have many people with kidney failures. Mercury concentrations in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Lake Chapala, Mexico: a lakewide survey. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24007438 and https://www.science.gov/topicpages/l/lake+chapala+mexico From 2013, but the situation in the lake has not changed regarding toxic heavy metals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cincy Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 By my calculations, during October, the lake has been rising at an average of .66 inches (16.7 mm) a day. Right now it's slowed down to an average rise of .39 inches (10 mm) a day. Source: https://www.ceajalisco.gob.mx/contenido/chapala/chapala/comportamiento.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giltner68 Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 Another 3.93 inches and it will match 2008 at 96.72m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 On a calm morning today, the water level in the slough that, usually takes rain water down Colon to the lake, is dead even with the pavement. Any rise from here has water flowing into the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunFan Posted November 3, 2018 Report Share Posted November 3, 2018 With the water level so high what's happening with sewers and septic systems on lakefront properties? SunFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryB Posted November 3, 2018 Report Share Posted November 3, 2018 To respond to the original question, in the first days of October acting delegado Juan Ramon had the sewer caps in front of the old posada raised so there wouldn't be water intrusion or overflow. Hope it is still working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted November 3, 2018 Report Share Posted November 3, 2018 We may be in for more rain this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted November 3, 2018 Report Share Posted November 3, 2018 Hopefully the "red stuff" stays at bay.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegarn Posted November 3, 2018 Report Share Posted November 3, 2018 Getting tired of overcast skies. When is the sunshine coming back? I need some natural Vitamin D to help my mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted November 4, 2018 Report Share Posted November 4, 2018 coming back without a cloud and no chance of rain on Nov 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted November 4, 2018 Report Share Posted November 4, 2018 This latest storm is pushing a lot of moisture and rain over the lake's watershed. Look for continued rising over the next several weeks. Water was beginning to push into the parking lot of the Ajijic Malecon on Friday via that channel next to the pier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted November 4, 2018 Report Share Posted November 4, 2018 Exciting times are ahead. Sure would be nice if the lake would become higher than what was recorded on I believe Thursday, when it reached a Cota of 96.62 which was the record in 2010 and only ten centimeters short of the 2008 record, which was the highest recorded since 1979. For a more detailed record, left click on THIS LINK. And then for dates and heights move your mouse arrow over various points. Nothing is shown yet on this chart for this year and wont until around the end of the year. CEA Jalisco has other charts showing the daily rates which are only measured on non holidays and not on weekends for this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted November 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2018 It is exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezpz Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Here is a collection of fotos taken at various different times 10 years ago as the lake rose, the parque flooded and was under water for months. When the water finally receded, work began on the new Malecon which took about a year to complete. I hope the link works, Flickr is changing the M.O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezpz Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 OK, that link didn't work, try this one and click on the first album on your left: https://www.flickr.com/photos/micki_w/albums/with/72157687742538513 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giltner68 Posted November 8, 2018 Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 Great pics, brings back memories. Right now the lake is only 3cm short of that amount in 2008, 1" is the only difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringohombre Posted November 10, 2018 Report Share Posted November 10, 2018 Water pooling up at the west end of the footbridge in San Antonio that leads to the malecon from the foot of Jesus Garcia. Impassable except if you have rubber waders. Have to reroute my daily walk from this scenic area...not a happy camper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted November 14, 2018 Report Share Posted November 14, 2018 Well, the "Con Agua" division of the Jalisco Government just announced that the lake level has reached a Cota of 96.74 meters which topped the high level marks of the lake in both 2008 and 2010. In fact the last time the lake was this high, was in 1979 when it kept on going up until the Cota reached 97.74 meters, which is one meter higher than the lake is right now. For more in formation go tothis link by left clicking thereon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Bizco Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 A man who studied Lake Chapala for many years once told me the last time water flowed naturally out of the lake via the Rio Santiago was in the '70s. How close is the lake to doing that now? (Note: he also told me there is a pumping station in the NE part of the lake that pumps water into the Rio Santiago for the farmers downstream from Lake Chapala. He said the volume of pumped water was about equivalent to what Guadalajara pumps out to its aqueduct. I'm not asking about this water, but the natural flow from the lake.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted November 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Quote 2 hours ago, El Bizco said: A man who studied Lake Chapala for many years once told me the last time water flowed naturally out of the lake via the Rio Santiago was in the '70s. How close is the lake to doing that now? (Note: he also told me there is a pumping station in the NE part of the lake that pumps water into the Rio Santiago for the farmers downstream from Lake Chapala. He said the volume of pumped water was about equivalent to what Guadalajara pumps out to its aqueduct. I'm not asking about this water, but the natural flow from the lake.) The lake level needed for water to flow out is about 97 meters. Right now it is about 96.74 meters. So it is getting close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Sadly as it always does at this time of the year or earlier, the rate of increase per day is decreasing and soon, as is normal the level of the lake will start going down again until the next rainy season. It may go up another 5 or 10 Cm, if we are lucky, but unless it starts raining again, we are not going to see another 26 cm increase needed to reach the 97 meter Cota level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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