During the construction of the Lake, the State of Illinois Division of Water Resources paid for the construction of the water treatment plant intake structure and raw water pumping station which was completed in 1973. The creation of another lake began, Cedar Lake, and a raw water intake and pumping station was constructed and Carbondale began drawing water from Cedar Lake and was able to continue to provide water to the areas Northeast, East, and Southeast. Since Kinkaid Area Water System was already designed, the system was over capacity.