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    I dove Little River on Wednesday. The water level was up, which is a good thing given the drought, and the visibility was 100'+, minus the areas with two groups of cave students doing lights out/air sharing drills. The flow is way down, to the point of slightly syphoning when you hit the 'Duh room.

    I can't imagine it's "blown" yet, given that I've dove it when the parking lot was flooded, but we have some rain due this afternoon/evening and as I mentioned, the flow was down..


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    Quote Originally Posted by kensuf View Post
    I.

    I can't imagine it's "blown" yet, given that I've dove it when the parking lot was flooded, but we have some rain due this afternoon/evening and as I mentioned, the flow was down..
    I remember the days when you ran your primary line off the bumper of your car because it was so flooded,and once you got to the cavern it was crystal clear. That is when the aquifer was well charged,and in those days when a full set of 104s might get you to the Florida Room. With the flow so low,the last few reversals have happened so easily,and then it seems to absord a lot of tannic water,which takes months to blow out. If Little River syphons a lot,I have a feeling it will be sometime before it is clear.

    "Not all change is improvement...but all improvement is change" Donald Berwick


 

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