Alas, this enormous lake that has the capacity to hold as much water as Lake Havasu, will not ever accept recreation that involves water contact. The reason being that as we all know, anytime humans have contact that water has to be thrown down the sewer lines as it is too contaminated to filter for further use!!
The daily news is filled with stories of contaminated water finding its way into homes from the lakes that are currently open to water contact.
If you want to torture yourself, take a glimpse of one pristine area of this reservoir on this link.
http://www.dvlake.com/ With the strong chance that Castaic will close, where will those boaters go? As the population in So Cal continues to grow as well as more and more people taking up boating; has anyone heard of even 1 more public lake opening up for water contact recreation in the last 5-10 years?
Many don't want to go in salt water and many don't want to make the drive to the river so options are limited and becoming more crowded and zoo-like on the weekends.
Diamond Valley Lake is big enough to have separated areas for fishing, sailing, wakeboarding, skiing etc. These diverse groups could keep out of each others way which would go a long way in keeping the peace. Just put me down as another frustrated wakeboarder that was holding out hope that somehow, someway we might get one more place to ride. Notice that the fishermen just gained another nice fishery. Ahhhh, the fishermen, if only we had their connections and clout. All those hundreds of acres of water that will never be ridden....
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