[ale] OT: Re: Water levels

[Greg Freemyer]

I have still been watching the levels fairly often.  I do see the
occasional positive news story now.

Current update:

Lanier hit the 4-ft mark above its low for the season (Dec. 26) this
morning (Mar. 15).  So about 15 ft from full pool now, and when it
rains Lanier is finally going up.  Not really true in Jan.  I guess
the ground was too dry then and just absorbed everything that fell.

All the other lakes in the apalachacola system have been at or above
target for the last 2 months.  Also Allatoona has had good levels for
the last 2 months and is a few feet above target currently.

An astounding amount of water has been poring into the Apalachacola
bay for the last couple months.
ie.
Nov avg discharge into the bay: 4587 cfs   (Equates to 2.9 billion
gallons a day.)
Feb avg discharge into the bay: 25206 cfs (Equates to 16.3 billion
gallons a day.)
    That should keep the mussels and sturgeon happy.

Source of data:  http://water.sam.usace.army.mil/acfframe.htm

Greg

On Tue, Jan 1, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Another cumulative foot for the 3 ACF lakes yesterday.  So we are have
>  a 25% reduction in the cumulative lake water deficit compared to 6
>  weeks ago.  (ie. from -26 ft to -19 ft)
>
>  And Allatoona looks to only be down a foot or 2 from winter goal.  I
>  know, not part of the same system, and not feeding the Apalachicola
>  Bay, but Cobb gets its water from it.
>
>  FYI: The entire discharge from Lanier downstream in Dec. was 50% of Nov.
>
>  32,540 units vs. 67,305 units.  That should stay reduced as long as
>  there is water available in the lower 2 lakes to send to Florida.
>  Looks like about 8 weeks (ie. 8 Lake Acres) of available supply in
>  those lower lakes with no rain.
>
>  http://water.sam.usace.army.mil/acfframe.htm
>
>  Greg
>
>
>
>  On Dec 31, 2007 11:05 PM, Jeffrey Brown <jeffreydbrown at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Greetings, all. Long-time silent lurker.
>  >
>  > According to my DNR map of river basins, Lanier is part of the
>  > Chattahoochee system. Allatoona is part of the Etowah/Coosa system.
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  > Jeff
>  >
>  >
>  > On Dec 31, 2007 5:09 PM, Dan Lambert <danlambert at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 17:03 -0500, Jim Lynch wrote:
>  > > > The paper printed a map a while back showing the watershed for lake
>  > > > Lanier.  It was amazingly small.  I was surprised.  I don't know the
>  > > > details but it's a small area to the north and east of the lake.
>  > > >
>  > > > Jim.
>  > >
>  > > That's true, Jim. A lot of the area that people usually associate with
>  > > Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee, actually drains into the Etowah, and
>  > > then into the Coosa River.
>  > >
>  > > Dan
>  > >
>  > >
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