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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

New drought low for lake

As Georgia's drought continues, an east Georgia lake is expected to hit a five-year low. Thurmond Lake in Augusta could reach that low within 10 days. That would trigger a Level 3 drought classification. Under that category, water from Lake Hartwell would be moved to Thurmond to keep up minimum necessary flows to communities downstream along the Savannah River.

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