The first north sluice notice began with the gate’s release board and the ward cistern level marks. Since then, the city has moved through a source check, a public hearing and a trial at the North Sluice above the Lantern Stair.
The current docket records 55 measured release turns; the earlier file recorded 59. The count is more specific than the first summary, but still does not answer how much reserve water reaches the lower wards after a thaw pushes grit through the upper channel.
A key point in the timeline was the discovery of a stone channel that narrows at the final bend above the lower cisterns. It narrowed the dispute from a general claim about the rule to a question about how the rule behaves at the site.
Keepers point to a steady total at the gate; residents point to a sharper fall in the last two cisterns. The current record does not settle that disagreement. The parties now share more of the record than they did at the start, though they assign it different weight.
The first implementation notes have been compared with the promise in the minutes. The entry belongs to the open-book review file at the North Sluice above the Lantern Stair. A mason crew will inspect the final bend during the next low-flow window. The next review will show whether the change lasts beyond this docket or returns as another temporary exception.
