A new report details how billions of gallons of water were accidentally released from Lake Lanier. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports miscommunication over a $138 pulley led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to set a calibration gauge wrong. The gauge then indicated the lake was higher than it actually was. That led to the accidental release of 22 billion gallons of water over a 52-day period ending in June 2006. Today, Lanier is approximately 13 feet below its full level.
