“We need rain! Up north needs rain, and it needs to come down the Ninnescah into Cheney. Desperately,” said campers Don & Lynn Weilert. The Weilerts have been coming to Cheney Lake for nearly forty years. Their favorite thing to do is take the boat out and spend hours on the water. But this year, there’s a problem. “We’ve already ran over some stuff and tore up our pontoon,” said the Weilerts. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen it this bad.” Megan Lovely with the City of Wichita says the good news is it’s not actually as bad as it looks. “We are actually 80% full in Cheney. That was an increase of 0.2% in March,” said Lovely. However, since Wichita’s water does come from Cheney lake, Lovely says the city is asking residents to follow some minor water conservation practices until the levels are back up again.
Source: KAKE – News
