Vail Lake calm as activity stirs at water district headquarters

Vail Lake’s surface and shoreline are still these days, silenced by a low water level and storm damage that has restricted boat and vehicle access.

In contrast, lake issues are churning in the offices at the Temecula-area water district that spent $49.6 million nearly three years ago to buy 7,904 acres that encircle the reservoir and regional recreation magnet.

Rancho California Water District officials are busy charting the future of the lake, the nearly 70-year-old dam that formed it and the future activities and conservation measures that will occur in, on and around it.

“There’s a lot of s...