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The City of Prescott’s withdrawal of water from Watson Lake has caused a nearly five-foot drop in the lake level. A high-water mark on the granite walls shows the level of the lake earlier this year. (Cindy Barks/Courier)

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A steady rush of water – totaling about 6.5 million gallons a day – is currently coursing out of a valve on the Watson Lake dam.

By Cindy Barks July 11, 2019