Below are the flow rates to the Coldwater Spring, as measured by MnDOT. The way you look at these numbers can change how you look at the road. As you look down the dates and flow rates, was the spring lower because of dewatering, or because of the weather?
Look more closely and you will see the older data was measured on one day a month or less. Is this enough data to make an informed judgment on? Because no matter which side of the issue you fall on, it's what they are doing.
 

Camp Coldwater Spring Flow Rate
Rate in gallons per minute
Data in orange signifies dewatering is taking place

31-Jul-98 98.4
01-Sep-98 89.5
05-Oct-98 94.0
05-Nov-98 94.6
04-Dec-98 104.6
08-Jan-99 93.0
01-Feb-99 102.6
01-Mar-99 89.7
02-Apr-99 96.1
07-Jun-99 94.6
10-Sep-99 99.1
01-Oct-99 110.5
01-Nov-99 110.1
01-Dec-99 96.7
04-Jan-00 115.3
04-Feb-00 77.5
10-Mar-00 95.5
24-Mar-00 104.3
03-Apr-00 101.0
25-Apr-00 105.7
22-May-00 87.0
23-May-00 85.7
24-May-00 85.7
25-May-00 85.7
26-May-00 85.7
31-May-00 85.7
06-Jun-00 88.2
14-Jun-00 88.2
20-Jun-00 84.5
26-Jun-00 84.5
06-Jul-00 90.9
13-Jul-00 91.2
18-Jul-00 88.2
26-Jul-00 85.0
03-Aug-00 87.0
09-Aug-00 85.5
23-Aug-00 82.2
06-Sep-00 89.8
12-Sep-00 89.3
19-Sep-00 78.5
26-Sep-00 78.9
05-Oct-00 79.1
06-Oct-00 81.5
09-Oct-00 82.4
10-Oct-00 88.7
11-Oct-00 88.5
12-Oct-00 79.4
13-Oct-00 79.7
16-Oct-00 80.2
20-Oct-00 86.7
23-Oct-00 88.2
31-Oct-00 83.8
08-Nov-00 87.7
15-Nov-00 88.4
21-Nov-00 96.3
27-Nov-00 86.5       Daily monitoring started
28-Nov-00 86.1
29-Nov-00 85.6
30-Nov-00 86.6
01-Dec-00 87.7
02-Dec-00 86.6
03-Dec-00 87.2
04-Dec-00 87.5
05-Dec-00 87.0
06-Dec-00 88.7       Dewatering started
07-Dec-00 88.6       Dewatering rate approximately 40 gpm through entire period
08-Dec-00 88.4
09-Dec-00 87.5
10-Dec-00 87.4
11-Dec-00 91.7
12-Dec-00 85.5
13-Dec-00 83.9
14-Dec-00 85.1
15-Dec-00 85.8
16-Dec-00 86.5
17-Dec-00 86.8
18-Dec-00 90.7
19-Dec-00 85.7
20-Dec-00 86.7
21-Dec-00 86.2
22-Dec-00 85.7
23-Dec-00 86.5
24-Dec-00 87.2
26-Dec-00 88.0
27-Dec-00 85.5
28-Dec-00 89.0
29-Dec-00 88.2
30-Dec-00 87.8
31-Dec-00 86.7              Bridge pier construction
02-Jan-01 88.0
03-Jan-01 89.8
04-Jan-01 88.1
05-Jan-01 88.5
06-Jan-01 88.2
07-Jan-01 84.9
08-Jan-01 84.0
09-Jan-01 85.1
10-Jan-01 84.3
11-Jan-01 85.9
12-Jan-01 86.4
13-Jan-01 84.9
14-Jan-01 85.1
15-Jan-01 86.2
16-Jan-01 87.9
17-Jan-01 85.6
18-Jan-01 85.2
19-Jan-01 84.8
20-Jan-01 87.5
21-Jan-01 86.6
22-Jan-01 84.8
23-Jan-01 85.8
24-Jan-01 87.3
25-Jan-01 81.7
26-Jan-01 86.7     Dewatering stopped
27-Jan-01 86.8
28-Jan-01 84.9
29-Jan-01 82.8
30-Jan-01 86.6
31-Jan-01 89.0      Daily monitoring stopped
09-Feb-01 87.8
13-Feb-01 88.0
22-Feb-01 86.2
28-Feb-01 83.0
07-Mar-01 83.0
14-Mar-01 93.6
20-Mar-01 85.2
27-Mar-01 89.6
29-Mar-01 79.7     Dewatering started; Daily monitoring started  AM measurement
29-Mar-01 92.3     PM measurement             Storm sewer construction
30-Mar-01 89.3     Dewatering stopped; Daily monitoring stopped
05-Apr-01 91.4
12-Apr-01 92.0
17-Apr-01 85.8
20-Apr-01 89.4     Daily monitoring started  AM measurement
20-Apr-01 97.7     PM measurement
21-Apr-01 92.4
22-Apr-01  220.6        Note: this data point is not included in the chart. This anomolous flow rate likely resulted
23-Apr-01 110.1         from an unusual major rainfall event.
24-Apr-01 104.0     Dewatering started
25-Apr-01 104.2
26-Apr-01 100.9
27-Apr-01 100.8
28-Apr-01 97.5
29-Apr-01 91.2
30-Apr-01 98.9
01-May-01 95.8
02-May-01 97.6
03-May-01 95.4
04-May-01 96.5
05-May-01 97.3              Utility installation under bridge
06-May-01 97.3               and Drawdown Simulation
07-May-01 100.0
08-May-01 98.0
09-May-01 101.9
10-May-01 98.0
11-May-01 98.6
12-May-01 94.1
13-May-01 96.3
14-May-01 90.0
15-May-01 91.4
16-May-01 93.2
17-May-01 93.9
18-May-01 94.9
19-May-01 93.5
20-May-01 95.8
21-May-01 89.6
22-May-01 99.0
23-May-01 95.4
24-May-01 96.3
25-May-01 94.0
26-May-01 94.7
27-May-01 94.5
28-May-01 93.1
29-May-01 91.6     Dewatering ordered stopped by TRO
30-May-01 91.0
31-May-01 91.4
01-Jun-01 96.9
02-Jun-01 93.8
03-Jun-01 96.2
04-Jun-01 94.0
05-Jun-01 97.1
06-Jun-01 96.8
07-Jun-01 92.4
08-Jun-01 93.2
11-Jun-01 98.0
12-Jun-01 95.6
13-Jun-01 109.4
14-Jun-01 102.6
15-Jun-01 103.0
18-Jun-01 103.5
19-Jun-01 102.4
20-Jun-01 100.8
21-Jun-01 103.7
22-Jun-01 97.5
25-Jun-01 97.9
26-Jun-01 101.4
27-Jun-01 100.8
28-Jun-01 99.3
29-Jun-01 96.8 Dewatering started
02-Jul-01 99.8 Dewatering rate ~225 gpm

03-Jul-01 94.9

04-Jul-01 93.9

05-Jul-01 93.2

06-Jul-01 96.8

09-Jul-01 94.2

10-Jul-01 94.6 TH 62 bypass construction and

11-Jul-01 94.4 storm sewer under TH 55 bridge

12-Jul-01 95.2

13-Jul-01 91.6

16-Jul-01 87.3

17-Jul-01 89.1

18-Jul-01 87.9

19-Jul-01 91.2

20-Jul-01 94.4

23-Jul-01 90.9

24-Jul-01 91.0

25-Jul-01 91.1

26-Jul-01 90.2

27-Jul-01 99.7

30-Jul-01 92.9

31-Jul-01 94.3

01-Aug-01 97.5

02-Aug-01 92.8

03-Aug-01 91.6

06-Aug-01 88.1

07-Aug-01 88.6

08-Aug-01 88.7
09-Aug-01 85.5
10-Aug-01 86.7
13-Aug-01 84.0
14-Aug-01 80.8
15-Aug-01 81.7
16-Aug-01 84.4
17-Aug-01 84.4
20-Aug-01 81.4
21-Aug-01 83.3
22-Aug-01 83.4
23-Aug-01 82.4
24-Aug-01 83.0
27-Aug-01 78.4
28-Aug-01 79.4
29-Aug-01 81.5
30-Aug-01 80.7
31-Aug-01 81.5
04-Sep-01 76.1
05-Sep-01 75.6
06-Sep-01 79.8
07-Sep-01 76.5
10-Sep-01 80.7
11-Sep-01 80.4
11-Sep-01 80.4
12-Sep-01 72.8
13-Sep-01 75.6
14-Sep-01 72.1
17-Sep-01 74.7
18-Sep-01 72.9
19-Sep-01 72.7
20-Sep-01 73.1
21-Sep-01 72.0
24-Sep-01 75.6
25-Sep-01 75.9
26-Sep-01 77.3
27-Sep-01 78.4
28-Sep-01 73.2
01-Oct-01 72.8
02-Oct-01 72.1
03-Oct-01 72.1
04-Oct-01 72.1
05-Oct-01 72.4
08-Oct-01 70.6
09-Oct-01 70.1
10-Oct-01 71.1
11-Oct-01 70.4
12-Oct-01 70.8
15-Oct-01 71.5
16-Oct-01 69.5
17-Oct-01 70.9
18-Oct-01 71.2
19-Oct-01 69.6
22-Oct-01 70.3
23-Oct-01 71.5
24-Oct-01 69.7
25-Oct-01 69.9
26-Oct-01 70.2
29-Oct-01 71.4
30-Oct-01 68.1
31-Oct-01 68.2
01-Nov-01 71.6
02-Nov-01 66.3
05-Nov-01 82.0
06-Nov-01 66.5
07-Nov-01 66.6
08-Nov-01 64.8
09-Nov-01 66.8
12-Nov-01 66.0
13-Nov-01 67.6