Attention Lake Lanier Fans,
You have until November 21 to submit your comments to the Corps on the rewrite of their Water Control Plan.
If you were unable to attend the Corps’ Scoping Meeting in Gainesville on October 29, you may submit your comments on the Water Control Manual Update and Environmental Impact Statement / Chattahoochee – [...]
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Atlanta Drought – Lake Lanier Water Control Update, Deadline for Feedback Extended to Nov. 21
Posted in atlanta drought, lake lanier, tagged atlanta, atlanta drought, atlanta water, drought, lake lanier, lake lanier association, tristate water war, water war on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Please write to the Army Corps in support of the Georgia EPD’s request to hold more water in Lake Lanier.
Posted in atlanta, atlanta drought, lake lanier, tagged lake lanier, atlanta drought, army corps, lake lanier association, georgia department of natural resources, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, water, atlanta water on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has sent a letter to the Mobile office of the Corps of Engineers requesting the Corps reduce the minimum amount of flow in the Chattahoochee River at Peachtree Creek in Atlanta by 13% between November 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009. This will reduce this flow from 485 million gallons a day [...]
Lake Lanier Woes Part 4
Posted in atlanta drought, lake lanier, tagged city of cumming, endangered woodpecker, forsyth county, lake lanier, raw water on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some pics of the endangered woodpeckers that live in the woods behind us on Lake Lanier. This is the same Army Corps property where they want to knock down the trees to install the raw water pipeline instead of going under the street, which makes much more sense. It’s also a shorter route [...]
Lake Lanier Woes, Part 3
Posted in atlanta drought, clark howard, epa, greenpeace, lake lanier, tagged atlanta drought, city of cumming, clark howard, conspiracy, epa, forsyth county, ga, greenpeace, lake lanier, lake lanier association, wsb tv on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My neighbor heard some rather shocking news today (on Earth Day, oh the irony) regarding the City of Cumming’s plans for routing the Lake Lanier water into town. He met a surveyor in his yard and apparently they are going to go around the lake, through our creek and up through Roger’s yard. The surveyor asked [...]
Lake Lanier Woes, Part Two
Posted in atlanta drought, lake lanier, tagged lake lanier, army corps, cumming, georgia on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The latest rumor on our street about the City of Cumming and Army Corps of Engineers is that they will keep dredging until September 08. The heavy trucks continue to tear up our roads and some people’s yards continue to get parked on. My neighbor thinks that since they have so much equipment invested in [...]
Lake Lanier Woes
Posted in atlanta drought, lake lanier, tagged atlanta drought, lake lanier on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been depressing watching the water recede away from the shores of lake lanier. Our dock is now on dry land and our pontoon boat is parked for a few seasons.
The line of dry docks and boats serve as an eerie reminder of what once was a thriving lake just this summer.
According to the AJC, [...]
