1. Water flows into one of four intake tower gates below the surface of Lake Springfield, where it then heads through an intake tunnel into a pump room inside the Lakeside Power Station. Screens remove fish, leaves and larger debris. 2.

By CHRIS WETTERICH The skyline around Lake Springfield has already changed, but the city's new 200-megawatt electric generator is still about two years away from completion. Ground was broken Dec. 1, 2006.

By CHRIS WETTERICH City Water, Light and Power expects the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to hold a public hearing late this year or early next year on its request for permission to build a second lake to supplement Lake Springfield.

By AMANDA REAVY STAFF WRITER If Springfield residents evaluate the need for a second lake, examine other water-supply options and consider the costs, they will realize Hunter Lake is "an irresponsible waste of money," a local citizens group contends.

By CHRIS WETTERICH STAFF WRITER Opponents of a second Springfield lake said Wednesday this week's decision by the Chatham Village Board to build its own water- treatment plant instead of buying water from City Water, Light and Power bolsters their case that Hunter Lake is not needed.