Fri., March 19, 2010 8:43pm (EDT)

Articles Tagged "drought"

  • Thu., November 19, 2009 2:38pm
    Unless Congress intervenes, millions of metro Atlantans will lose access to water from Lake Lanier by 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is already making plans for that cut-off and opened a public comment period Thursday. The U.S. Army Corps of Eng
  • Sat., October 17, 2009 10:04am
    Lake Lanier has reached full pool, and it's not expected to rise much higher because of the Corps releases.
  • Fri., October 2, 2009 4:41pm
    The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is seeking public input on a proposal that would allow them to cut river flows if the drought worsens
  • Tue., September 22, 2009 4:25pm
    A bit of good news for Georgia's water supply comes with torrential rains, as lake levels rise.
  • Wed., September 9, 2009 3:17pm
    Parts of northeast Georgia, as well as the Augusta and Athens area, experience abnormally dry conditions while rest of state is faring well so far.
  • Mon., August 17, 2009 2:34pm
    It’s the first time the state’s Congressional representatives have sat down together to discuss a recent ruling by a federal judge that metro Atlanta has no legal right to Lake Lanier. Water for three million people is at stake.
  • Wed., July 29, 2009 4:49pm
    Officials say water consumption in North Georgia went up only slightly since the end of the drought. The 55 counties hardest hit by water restrictions used only 1.8 percent more water in June than they did a year earlier at the hight of the drought. And
  • Mon., July 27, 2009 2:17pm
    The end of water restrictions in north Georgia brought the expected uptick of usage for several counties in the region. But officials are not yet concerned.
  • Fri., July 10, 2009 1:10pm
    U.S. Drought Monitor says much of north and east Georgia in abnomally dry conditions.