Heavy Rain Halts Thurmond Dam Outflow

Due to heavy rain that fell all day Friday into Saturday, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the weekend moved to close Thurmond Dam in east Georgia. Corps officials in a press release said abundant rains in the upper Savannah River Basin including significant rain in the Stevens Creek sub-basin directly below Thurmond, spuured the move to stop outflows. Officials say they will evaluate river flow early today to determine when outflows from Thurmond Lake will resume.

Corps to cut Lanier water releases again

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to the state’s request to send less water into the Chattahoochee River as it winds through metro Atlanta. The Corps agreed Wednesday to release less water from Lake Lanier, at least through the end of this month. The federal agency that operates Lanier already had reduced the flows from the lake for six weeks in March and April, also from a request from the state. The actions have already resulted in Lanier’s levels rising nearly three feet since mid-March.