GRDA's "big picture" is online

Vinita — Looking for the latest information on Grand Lake or Lake Hudson conditions?

If so, the Grand River Dam Authority wants to remind you that its home on the world wide web — grda.com — is always open, providing information on the lakes area as well other useful information about the state’s electric utility and resource agency.

“Our goals with the website really mirror our goals of our other public outreach functions,” said GRDA Corporate Communications Director Justin Alberty. “We want people to see the big picture of GRDA: lakes, electric generation, ecosystems management and more. The webpage helps us to do that.”

One of the most popular pages on the website is lake information, said Alberty, adding that real-time data related to lake elevations, area temperatures, humidity and wind speed are all available online.

“This can be important information for those people who are not full time residents of the lake area,” said Alberty. “They can check in at grda.com on Friday afternoon before heading to the lake for the weekend.”

However, a large amount of information about other GRDA functions can also be found on the website. Information on GRDA’s monthly board of directors meetings (including agendas and minutes) are posted to the site, as well as bios on GRDA’s board and staff.

“The site also contains a synopsis of our generation facilities, transmission functions and community involvement,” added Alberty,“ and it goes beyond that. We’d just invite people to look it over the next time they’re online, and to check back often for updates.”

According to Alberty, GRDA has had a presence on the world wide web since the late 1990s and “we welcome suggestions from site visitors. We want the site to not only be educational and informative but as user-friendly as possible.”