No scheduled release on Sunday
(note: Guest post by Bill Spurlock — thanks Bill!)
Thanks in part to the heavy rains in south Georgia over the past week and a half we are about to see a milestone at Buford Dam tomorrow. There is no scheduled release for the first time in a long time.
I’m sure that they have records up at the dam and could tell us when the last time this took place, but for sure it’s the first time since this drought started last year. Looking at the data for West Point, Andrews, and Woodruff, all have seen dramatic increases since the first of the year of between 1 to 6 feet. While the rise seems to have crested at West Point and Andrews over the past few days and is starting to drop again, the level at Woodruff is continuing to rise slowly.
Five week projections for Woodruff call for a slight further increase then more or less holding steady with perhaps a slight decrease over the rest of the month.
Bill
January 6th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
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January 7th, 2008 at 1:27 am
Cool, but as summer approaches the Gov. of Florida, Crist, will demand that Lake Seminole be kept full of water from Lake Lanier. He wants that 3 billion gallon release daily from Woodruff Dam maintained even if Atlanta has no water for its citizens.
January 7th, 2008 at 8:33 am
I can find no example this decade of the dam not releasing water except potentially October 10, 2004, when there is just no record (as opposed to a recorded release of “0″).
Very impressive. Again, showing that the ACE, though bound up in a mire of legal regulations, is doing what it can to conserve water in the lake.
January 7th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Unfortunately even without a release the lake only held it’s level. Zero change. As the lake holds steady, we are falling further and further behind where it should be for this time of year. Hopefully we can make a little gain with the rains that are predicted this week.