“I’ve lived here my whole life, and the creeks I always played on when I was a kid, they don’t run anymore. [Lake] Tom Steed is the life and the blood of southwest Oklahoma. Right now we’re providing 100 percent of the water to Altus. We’re providing over half of the water supply to Frederick. We’re providing, I think, about half the water supply to Snyder.”
– Lake Tom Steed manager Will Archer. Current projections suggest Lake Tom Steed will be depleted by 2016 without intervention. (Source: n.pr/1G5b8TK)