Comments on: Army Corps to move forward with rewriting the river system manual http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080201/army-corps-to-move-forward-with-rewriting-the-river-system-manual/ Keeping you informed about the Georgia drought. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:08:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Craig Sears http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080201/army-corps-to-move-forward-with-rewriting-the-river-system-manual/#comment-2736 Craig Sears Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:46:51 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080201/army-corps-to-move-forward-with-rewriting-the-river-system-manual/#comment-2736 We are WAY overdue for a re-write of this manual. I'm glad this is going to happen. It still doesn't help our immediate situation, but promises to help prevent something like this from happening again. Mr. Bill, I have heard from reliable authority that our (city of Atlanta) net impact is only 3-4% usage of the water taken out of Lanier, but I do not have a documented source for this. I have read that GA Power uses 56% of the water released from Lanier. And we know there are a number of other major downstream users such as bottling plants, paper mills, and other power plants. The major users are all industrial though. Residential water usage constitutes a very small portion of overall usage. We are WAY overdue for a re-write of this manual. I’m glad this is going to happen. It still doesn’t help our immediate situation, but promises to help prevent something like this from happening again.

Mr. Bill, I have heard from reliable authority that our (city of Atlanta) net impact is only 3-4% usage of the water taken out of Lanier, but I do not have a documented source for this. I have read that GA Power uses 56% of the water released from Lanier. And we know there are a number of other major downstream users such as bottling plants, paper mills, and other power plants. The major users are all industrial though. Residential water usage constitutes a very small portion of overall usage.

]]> By: MR.Bill http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080201/army-corps-to-move-forward-with-rewriting-the-river-system-manual/#comment-2715 MR.Bill Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:32:53 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080201/army-corps-to-move-forward-with-rewriting-the-river-system-manual/#comment-2715 Some friends and I were discussing the drought and Atlanta, and one, who is a plumbing engineer, asked, "What's Atlanta's net impact on water flow?", That is, We know how much water is taken from Lake Lanier, and how much flows from West Point Lake. Is the water Atlanta takes (and is it at Morgan Falls?) a net loss for the Chattahoochee system? OR does sewer outflow and runoff make up the impact? I'm betting not, but I'd like to hear what you guys think. Some friends and I were discussing the drought and Atlanta, and one, who is a plumbing engineer, asked, “What’s Atlanta’s net impact on water flow?”,

That is, We know how much water is taken from Lake Lanier, and how much flows from West Point Lake. Is the water Atlanta takes (and is it at Morgan Falls?) a net loss for the Chattahoochee system? OR does sewer outflow and runoff make up the impact?
I’m betting not, but I’d like to hear what you guys think.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080201/army-corps-to-move-forward-with-rewriting-the-river-system-manual/#comment-2705 Jay Randal Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:13:30 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080201/army-corps-to-move-forward-with-rewriting-the-river-system-manual/#comment-2705 I hope ACE realizes that Lake Lanier cannot be the sole recharge reservoir for Lake Seminole on the Florida border. I hope ACE realizes that Lake Lanier cannot be the sole recharge reservoir for Lake Seminole on the Florida border.

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