Tuesday, March 17, 2009
News Lake Lanier levels: All downhill from here?
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Good news! This weekend's nonstop rain gave Lake Lanier a boost. Bad news! The metro region's chief source of drinking water may have peaked for the year.
Three days of rain lifted Lake Lanier to its highest level since late 2007.But the half-foot gain may be the last big hurrah for metro Atlanta’s primary water source before next winter. As temperatures start to climb along with water use, Lanier most likely is “peaking out,” said the state’s top water official.
“We’re still well off where we’d hoped to be,” Georgia Environmental Protection Division Director Carol Couch said Monday.
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