Corps To Increase Water Release From Lanier

Winter rains have replenished north Georgia’s Lake Lanier enough that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to send more water down the Chattahoochee River. The reservoir has hit its highest-level since August 2007, now around seven to eight feet below full. Since late December, Lanier has risen about 13 feet. Georgia Enviromental Protection Division director Carol Couch previously had requested releases from Lanier be cut, but not this time. Georgia, Florida, and Alabama have been fighting over the reservoir’s water since 1990.