Why is water level so low and dropping?

[Jolly Time]

I am interested in everyone's opinion on the water level decline and reason/s you believe this is happening.  

[Salmonguy9]

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Not sure where you are, but in Muskegon the water level is high and we have standing water in fields/lawns and the rivers are cresting the banks.


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[Reel-y-hooked]

Hi Dave, 

I’ve been fishing lake mi for many years. The water level seems to go in cycles. 10 years ago, the water level was very high and a few years before that it was extremely low. Now we are at the low levels once again. 

[FBD]

Streams are blown out around me in Holland.  Lake Mac is chocolate milk.

Had lunch, at the launch I usually use, on Monday and the water was up 6” from two weeks ago but still a foot plus down from last fall.  Like dry ground where the boat is usually floating off the trailer.

[Jolly Time]

I am not talking right at this moment. I am talking over the past 3 years. We are down multiple feet. 

[georgeb]

Here is the great lakes water levels for the last few years.

https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/wlevels/dashboard/ 

 

Here is a decent synopsis of the historical and future water levels by the Tip Of The Mitt Watershed Council.  It is from 2023, but it shows the long term trends.

https://watershedcouncil.org/great-lakes/current-historic-and-future-water-levels/