Lake Lanier is steadily rising in time for the busy spring and summer seasons. However, some state officials still want to take a cautious approach when it comes to releasing water from the lake.
Last November, Lake Lanier was about 12 feet below full pool. Pat Robbins, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers, which controls the release of water from the lake, says that concerned state officials.
“The Georgia Department of Natural Resources submitted a request last November to reduce that flow in order to conserve as much storage as possible at Lake Lanier through the winter,” he says.
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