That first summer when we had torrential rains I posted these pictures of the lake as the rains brought the water up dramatically. It was a year  NOT to be believed. Look at the comparisons from the previous year to this! The pictures on the left are last year at this time, the ones on the right is a similar shot of the same area in 2004. First shots are looking toward the pier in Ajijic. Second set is the road in front of La Nueva Posada. The last two are shot from the bottom of Pedro Moreno. There you will see the water in this year's shot is up to the top of the wall that edges the malecon. By the way from a friend's rain gauge this year so far here in Ajijic 51.2 inches of rain!  Upstream all the dams are full so they or their spillways are also releasing water into the river.

Since then due to more stringent enforcement of the water release agreements  and good rains the water level has remained high. November 2007 the water is almost to the top of the malecon wall.