More Wastewater Headed for Lake Lanier

Gwinnett County will soon be dumping more wastewater in Lake Lanier.  
 
Officials are still waiting on final approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers following a six-year court battle, but the project is likely to go ahead.  
 
Gwinnett aims to build a $45 million, nine-mile pipeline which will carry wastewater from the Buford-area F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center to the lake.

Upon approval from the corps, it has been estimated that construction should take approximately two years and make 14-acres of lake surface off-limits to boaters while construction lasts.

This project come soon after Gainesville recieved a new five year permit to increase wastewater discharge from its Flat Creek treatment plant on the north end of the Lake.

Just be sure not to eat that fish you catch this weekend.