HK wrote:
CNN had a feature on Lake Lanier this morning. Apparently water levels
are way, way down, and if there isn't some serious protracted rain soon,
a goodly portion of Georgia will be facing drought.

Meanwhile, the video showed the shorelines of the lake line with dead
shellfish and fish, left behind as the water receded.

What's the impact on boating?


While I no longer boat on Lanier, from the news many ramps are closed.
At the present time that lake is about 12 below full pool. At least that
was the last time I checked. Projections do not look good.

Georgia has been in drought conditions all of this year. Spring rains
were slight and every month has been a short. So it is not really news
anymore. Lanier has several problems when rain is short. For one the
drainage basin is small for a lake it's size. And about 6 million people
in the Atlanta area depend on it. There is also the fact this this lake
is under the Army Corps managment. At present they are letting out about
twice the amount of water that is coming in. This has alot to do with
the tri-state water war that has been going on since I have been here
(about 10 years)

The Corps has stated that they are keeping the discharge rate as it is
to protect some shellfish that need it in in Florida. That being where
the water hit the ocean. Alabama also uses/needs this water. Thus the
tri-state angle on the water resources war.

As far as impact on boating - Some ramps are closed and there are
hazzards to navigation that would not normally exist. But that is what
happens when water gets lower them normal.

If you are really interested:

http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil/Pre...ersCaution.pdf

Capt Jack R..

Jack Redington wrote:
HK wrote:
CNN had a feature on Lake Lanier this morning. Apparently water levels
are way, way down, and if there isn't some serious protracted rain soon,
a goodly portion of Georgia will be facing drought.

Meanwhile, the video showed the shorelines of the lake line with dead
shellfish and fish, left behind as the water receded.

What's the impact on boating?


While I no longer boat on Lanier, from the news many ramps are closed.
At the present time that lake is about 12 below full pool. At least that
was the last time I checked. Projections do not look good.

Georgia has been in drought conditions all of this year. Spring rains
were slight and every month has been a short. So it is not really news
anymore. Lanier has several problems when rain is short. For one the
drainage basin is small for a lake it's size. And about 6 million people
in the Atlanta area depend on it. There is also the fact this this lake
is under the Army Corps managment. At present they are letting out about
twice the amount of water that is coming in. This has alot to do with
the tri-state water war that has been going on since I have been here
(about 10 years)

The Corps has stated that they are keeping the discharge rate as it is
to protect some shellfish that need it in in Florida. That being where
the water hit the ocean. Alabama also uses/needs this water. Thus the
tri-state angle on the water resources war.

As far as impact on boating - Some ramps are closed and there are
hazzards to navigation that would not normally exist. But that is what
happens when water gets lower them normal.

If you are really interested:

http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil/Pre...ersCaution.pdf


Capt Jack R..



I was looking earlier for a current aerial or low satellite photo of the
lake, but then I was distracted by work. With all the dead marine life
now on the edges of the lake, there must be an insect and rat problem.

I don't pay attention to Atlanta weather patterns. Is there a winter
rainy season? If not, then the city may be reduced to Homeland Security
bringing in water trucks.

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:41:31 -0400, HK wrote:


I don't pay attention to Atlanta weather patterns. Is there a winter
rainy season? If not, then the city may be reduced to Homeland Security
bringing in water trucks.

About 10-15 years ago, I seem to remember Georgia having a severe drought. What surprised
me then, was how localized it was. IIRC, the rest of the country was having a normal amount of
rainfall. This doesn't seem to be the case this time. While not yet in drought conditions, we
seem to be quite a bit short of normal precipitation here.

On Oct 15, 6:41 pm, HK wrote:
Jack Redington wrote:
HK wrote:
CNN had a feature on Lake Lanier this morning. Apparently water levels
are way, way down, and if there isn't some serious protracted rain soon,
a goodly portion of Georgia will be facing drought.

Meanwhile, the video showed the shorelines of the lake line with dead
shellfish and fish, left behind as the water receded.

What's the impact on boating?

While I no longer boat on Lanier, from the news many ramps are closed.
At the present time that lake is about 12 below full pool. At least that
was the last time I checked. Projections do not look good.

Georgia has been in drought conditions all of this year. Spring rains
were slight and every month has been a short. So it is not really news
anymore. Lanier has several problems when rain is short. For one the
drainage basin is small for a lake it's size. And about 6 million people
in the Atlanta area depend on it. There is also the fact this this lake
is under the Army Corps managment. At present they are letting out about
twice the amount of water that is coming in. This has alot to do with
the tri-state water war that has been going on since I have been here
(about 10 years)

The Corps has stated that they are keeping the discharge rate as it is
to protect some shellfish that need it in in Florida. That being where
the water hit the ocean. Alabama also uses/needs this water. Thus the
tri-state angle on the water resources war.

As far as impact on boating - Some ramps are closed and there are
hazzards to navigation that would not normally exist. But that is what
happens when water gets lower them normal.

If you are really interested:

http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil/Pre...07_BoatersCaut...

Capt Jack R..

I was looking earlier for a current aerial or low satellite photo of the
lake, but then I was distracted by work. With all the dead marine life
now on the edges of the lake, there must be an insect and rat problem.

I don't pay attention to Atlanta weather patterns. Is there a winter
rainy season? If not, then the city may be reduced to Homeland Security
bringing in water trucks.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry, there is a winter rainy season, but being a La Nina year, they
are predicting below average precip, plus the lake is SO low that it
would take exceptional rainfall to make up the defecit. Add to that
the Governor is trying to get the army corp to quit releasing so much
water to support some fresh water mussel in FL and a small coal fired
power plant. The total release is 600 to 900 million gallons per day.
The sad part is that the downstream reservoirs are used Alabama, and
they have no rationing!

wrote:
On Oct 15, 6:41 pm, HK wrote:
Jack Redington wrote:
HK wrote:
CNN had a feature on Lake Lanier this morning. Apparently water levels
are way, way down, and if there isn't some serious protracted rain soon,
a goodly portion of Georgia will be facing drought.
Meanwhile, the video showed the shorelines of the lake line with dead
shellfish and fish, left behind as the water receded.
What's the impact on boating?
While I no longer boat on Lanier, from the news many ramps are closed.
At the present time that lake is about 12 below full pool. At least that
was the last time I checked. Projections do not look good.
Georgia has been in drought conditions all of this year. Spring rains
were slight and every month has been a short. So it is not really news
anymore. Lanier has several problems when rain is short. For one the
drainage basin is small for a lake it's size. And about 6 million people
in the Atlanta area depend on it. There is also the fact this this lake
is under the Army Corps managment. At present they are letting out about
twice the amount of water that is coming in. This has alot to do with
the tri-state water war that has been going on since I have been here
(about 10 years)
The Corps has stated that they are keeping the discharge rate as it is
to protect some shellfish that need it in in Florida. That being where
the water hit the ocean. Alabama also uses/needs this water. Thus the
tri-state angle on the water resources war.
As far as impact on boating - Some ramps are closed and there are
hazzards to navigation that would not normally exist. But that is what
happens when water gets lower them normal.
If you are really interested:
http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil/Pre...07_BoatersCaut...
Capt Jack R..
I was looking earlier for a current aerial or low satellite photo of the
lake, but then I was distracted by work. With all the dead marine life
now on the edges of the lake, there must be an insect and rat problem.

I don't pay attention to Atlanta weather patterns. Is there a winter
rainy season? If not, then the city may be reduced to Homeland Security
bringing in water trucks.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry, there is a winter rainy season, but being a La Nina year, they
are predicting below average precip, plus the lake is SO low that it
would take exceptional rainfall to make up the defecit. Add to that
the Governor is trying to get the army corp to quit releasing so much
water to support some fresh water mussel in FL and a small coal fired
power plant. The total release is 600 to 900 million gallons per day.
The sad part is that the downstream reservoirs are used Alabama, and
they have no rationing!


Thanks. Hope you guys have water to drink this winter.

On Oct 16, 11:25 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Oct 15, 6:41 pm, HK wrote:
Jack Redington wrote:
HK wrote:
CNN had a feature on Lake Lanier this morning. Apparently water levels
are way, way down, and if there isn't some serious protracted rain soon,
a goodly portion of Georgia will be facing drought.
Meanwhile, the video showed the shorelines of the lake line with dead
shellfish and fish, left behind as the water receded.
What's the impact on boating?
While I no longer boat on Lanier, from the news many ramps are closed.
At the present time that lake is about 12 below full pool. At least that
was the last time I checked. Projections do not look good.
Georgia has been in drought conditions all of this year. Spring rains
were slight and every month has been a short. So it is not really news
anymore. Lanier has several problems when rain is short. For one the
drainage basin is small for a lake it's size. And about 6 million people
in the Atlanta area depend on it. There is also the fact this this lake
is under the Army Corps managment. At present they are letting out about
twice the amount of water that is coming in. This has alot to do with
the tri-state water war that has been going on since I have been here
(about 10 years)
The Corps has stated that they are keeping the discharge rate as it is
to protect some shellfish that need it in in Florida. That being where
the water hit the ocean. Alabama also uses/needs this water. Thus the
tri-state angle on the water resources war.
As far as impact on boating - Some ramps are closed and there are
hazzards to navigation that would not normally exist. But that is what
happens when water gets lower them normal.
If you are really interested:
http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil/Pre...07_BoatersCaut...
Capt Jack R..
I was looking earlier for a current aerial or low satellite photo of the
lake, but then I was distracted by work. With all the dead marine life
now on the edges of the lake, there must be an insect and rat problem.

I don't pay attention to Atlanta weather patterns. Is there a winter
rainy season? If not, then the city may be reduced to Homeland Security
bringing in water trucks.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry, there is a winter rainy season, but being a La Nina year, they
are predicting below average precip, plus the lake is SO low that it
would take exceptional rainfall to make up the defecit. Add to that
the Governor is trying to get the army corp to quit releasing so much
water to support some fresh water mussel in FL and a small coal fired
power plant. The total release is 600 to 900 million gallons per day.
The sad part is that the downstream reservoirs are used Alabama, and
they have no rationing!

Thanks. Hope you guys have water to drink this winter.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

So do I! You have to go pretty deep with a well here to get *good*
drinking water.

On Oct 16, 11:25 am, HK wrote:
Hope you guys have water to drink this winter

On 16 Oct, 11:38, LoogyPicker wrote:
So do I! You have to go pretty deep with a well here to get *good*
drinking water.

If your city is anything like mine, you'll just have to do without.
They won't allow you to put in a well, even on your own property. They
call it "stealing" the city's water (the city's term, not mine).
We lived for months after Katrina without running water to drink,
bathe, or flush. Of the modern conveniences I missed most, that was at
the top of my list.

Rick

lid wrote:
On Oct 16, 11:25 am, HK wrote:
Hope you guys have water to drink this winter

On 16 Oct, 11:38, LoogyPicker wrote:
So do I! You have to go pretty deep with a well here to get *good*
drinking water.

If your city is anything like mine, you'll just have to do without.
They won't allow you to put in a well, even on your own property. They
call it "stealing" the city's water (the city's term, not mine).
We lived for months after Katrina without running water to drink,
bathe, or flush. Of the modern conveniences I missed most, that was at
the top of my list.

Rick


The wells in my portion of the zip code go down about 260-400' to hit
the right kind of water and good flow. I pay for the county to come out
once a year and run a battery of tests. So far, so good.

wrote in news:1192552694.711935.110330
@v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com:

So do I! You have to go pretty deep with a well here to get
*good*
drinking water.




We have a special political problem in Charleston. The
politicians gave away the farm for a few "jobs" to Nucor Steel,
who pumps 3000 GPM or 4.3M gallons per day out of the aquifer
more than the other few hundred commercial wells. Obviously,
water had to drop....about 24 feet.

There used to be a public drinking well that dated back into the
1700s under the downtown historic district. Water flowed out of
two "filling stations" you could bring your jugs to, 24/7, one at
Calhoun St and Rutledge Ave and the other by the fire station at
Meeting St and Wentworth St. Both wells had to be shut down do
to salt contamination as the seawater filled in from all the
pumping of Nucor and the other big industrial pumpers bled us
dry. (Look at the test well charts on the pdf file.)

Inside the Chamber of Commerce building in downtown Charleston,
there is....now was....a hand dug well that dated back into the
beginning of Charleston. That well is totally dry, today, and
will never come back.

The pumping of tens of millions of gallons goes on, 24/7. Don't
tell me I have to "save water" and not wash my car......insulting
my intelligence.

Larry
--
You can tell there's extremely
intelligent life in the universe
because they have never called Earth.

On Oct 15, 6:41 pm, HK wrote:
Jack Redington wrote:
HK wrote:
CNN had a feature on Lake Lanier this morning. Apparently water levels
are way, way down, and if there isn't some serious protracted rain soon,
a goodly portion of Georgia will be facing drought.

Meanwhile, the video showed the shorelines of the lake line with dead
shellfish and fish, left behind as the water receded.

What's the impact on boating?

While I no longer boat on Lanier, from the news many ramps are closed.
At the present time that lake is about 12 below full pool. At least that
was the last time I checked. Projections do not look good.

Georgia has been in drought conditions all of this year. Spring rains
were slight and every month has been a short. So it is not really news
anymore. Lanier has several problems when rain is short. For one the
drainage basin is small for a lake it's size. And about 6 million people
in the Atlanta area depend on it. There is also the fact this this lake
is under the Army Corps managment. At present they are letting out about
twice the amount of water that is coming in. This has alot to do with
the tri-state water war that has been going on since I have been here
(about 10 years)

The Corps has stated that they are keeping the discharge rate as it is
to protect some shellfish that need it in in Florida. That being where
the water hit the ocean. Alabama also uses/needs this water. Thus the
tri-state angle on the water resources war.

As far as impact on boating - Some ramps are closed and there are
hazzards to navigation that would not normally exist. But that is what
happens when water gets lower them normal.

If you are really interested:

http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil/Pre...07_BoatersCaut...

Capt Jack R..

I was looking earlier for a current aerial or low satellite photo of the
lake, but then I was distracted by work. With all the dead marine life
now on the edges of the lake, there must be an insect and rat problem.

I don't pay attention to Atlanta weather patterns. Is there a winter
rainy season? If not, then the city may be reduced to Homeland Security
bringing in water trucks.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry, here's a URL. Look on the left margin, and you'll see a link to
aerial pics for Alatoona and Lanier.
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/me..._1009_web.html