Water levels are low at Cowbell Strand …
And dropping fast.
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Comparison of the water table at Cowbell Strand over time using a simple swamp cross section |
The nearby L-28 Interceptor levee certainly doesn’t help.
Because its 18 miles are all unplugged, it drains vital ground water out of the swamp.
That’s a major “hole in the barrel” that is artificially draining the swamp.