[2][a] Before the Lone Chimney Lake was built, the design was altered to include 4,212 acre-feet (5,195,000 m3) of municipal water storage.

The lake became the primary source of water for the small communities of Glencoe, Morrison, Yale, Blackburn, Skeede, Maramec and Terlton, Oklahoma.

[4] The OWRB reported in December, 2011, that Lone Chimney again had to implement forced rationing because the reservoir was critically short of water.

[4] In 2012, drought had severely damaged the capability to supply water to about 16,000 customers, because the lake level had dropped 11 feet (3.4 m) below normal.

The water treatment board must decide whether to convert the existing plant to achlorination, or to treat Stillwater's product to remove something compatible with the chloramine process.