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The lake's primarily inflow is the Torch River, bringing in water from Torch Lake and elsewhere in the Chain of Lakes. The lake is connected at the west to Elk Lake, and through Elk Lake, water outflows through the short Elk River. The Elk River then empties into the East Arm of the Grand Traverse Bay, itself a bay of Lake Michigan.
Fountain Creek was identified by the State of Colorado as "impaired" due to high levels of selenium, picked up from the soil by ground and surface water, and E. coli in parts of the watershed. E. coli exceeds safe levels due to raw sewage spills, wildlife, livestock, stormwater overflows, and farm and ranch runoff.
Torch Lake is a lake in the Northern Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.At 19 miles (31 km) long, is Michigan's longest inland lake, and at approximately 29.3 mi 2 (76 km 2), it is Michigan's second largest inland lake, after Houghton Lake.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday will enact its drought protocol. That means less water will be released to the Kansas River.
The Pack River basin drains approximately 185,600 acres (751 km 2).Watershed elevation ranges from a high of 7,550 feet (2,300 m) to a low point of 2,050 feet (620 m) at the lake, with a basin-wide average elevation of 3,730 ft. [1] The upper portion of the watershed is mostly forested, and managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Its reservoir is called Big Tujunga Reservoir, and collects runoff from a watershed of 82 square miles (210 km 2). Although it is located inside the Angeles National Forest, public access to the lake is forbidden. The water is usually kept at a low level, in order to protect against winter floods.