Lakes Update

The Water Expert sent me some pictures of the lake at Highland Groves. Guess what?! The liner is being installed! I think I mentioned before that the liner is pre-cut to fit the lake; this avoids waste, which keeps the cost down. The pieces are then put into the lake in a jigsaw puzzle fashion, and welded together. This is how the process begins:





It has been very cold the past few mornings, and that heavy plastic is difficult to work with when it is chilled. But they made good progress, and it began to look like it should:




When I heard that they "weld" together the seams, I had to ask how one can weld plastic. My only experience with welding is The Mister wearing a giant mask and brandishing a big flame-throwing stick that can easily singe one's arm hairs; somehow that picture doesn't jibe with long sheets of plastic. They actually do use heat to sort of melt together the seams; they have a machine that rolls along on top of the overlap and magically glues together the two pieces.

The Water Expert says that they should be able to start filling the lakes by the end of next week.

On a related note, our existing lake next to the Farm Bureau building has also been affected by the cold temperatures. Some of the tilapia are dying, as they just can't tolerate the cold water. This makes the catfish happier, though, as it increases their food supply. Not to worry about the tilapia, The Water Expert assures me; they are incredibly prolific in their reproduction.