Lake Lanier Association and 1071 Coalition Furious with Corps

First of all, the trout are not native, so why pile this on to all the other meaningless reasons for releasing water. If this really about the heat, then only release water on days when the temp is up, why do we have to make this an everyday requirement. (This is called management and using your brain) All of the lakes south of ATL and in FL and AL are above full pool, this water is just going into the gulf. Last month it was flooding in N FL and S. GA - what efforts were made to capture and use this water. Why does it all have to come from Lanier. This is disappointing and shameful

In Times of normal rainfall, they (ACE) look like they know what they are doing...in times of drought, it shows how stupid and out of touch the decision makers are...but once again, if you do not have to answer to anyone, why make good decisions...I'm sure they sleep fine at night...

i was in Alabama last summer when we were in a severe drought and on heavy water restrictions and people in Alabama were washing their cars and watering their lawns. I ask what their restrictions were and to my suprise they were NOT on any. why should we send them any more water if they aren't conserving what they already have?

the corpse (pun) of engineers do not have to keep a date of June 1 to release water. by their standards they can release water anytime.
However, should they release water downstream now they will be flooding more of Alabama and North Florida. When they are up to their ears in snakes and alligators will they sue Georgia for flooding? A review of the corps regulations should be investigated and Georgia should have an absolute say in water located in their state. The people should have a say in their own water supply!

We have to share the water. Everybody along the path from where the rain forms to the ocean has water rights. If ICE swept through and kicked out a lot of the illegal immigrants, Atlanta's population boom would be eased and this would be less of a problem. They say Americans wouldn't do the jobs the illegals do? For minimum wage and the employer putting the job on the books, I'd be willing to do any of those jobs--anything honest and legal. A lot of other people would, too. I have sympathy for people who want to move to the US, but in this watershed, we just don't have the room for them without hurting our own quality of life and that of Americans downstream. Send the illegals home and sharing the water won't hurt.

Hi I just wanted to throw this out.lake mead in nevada is also kept very low well below normal drought levels,I dont know but I suspect this might be part of national security/homeland security procedures as A prospective enemy might blow the dams with an impact being minimized over reduduced water levels.I also hope at higher defense levels, they protect the panama canal

Water scarcity is a concern in other parts of the US like Southern California as well. There too fresh water reserve levels have dropped considerable over the last few years. . If you go to http://bit.ly/Wje4v , you’ll see how far our water reserve levels have dipped. They have a gauge on the site that looks like the fuel gauge in your car, but with three-color zones: Blue – good, Yellow - not good, and Red – bad. The needle on this gauge is dropping out of the blue zone and heading into the yellow zone which means Mandatory Conservation. Therefore its important we save every drop of water when we can. The site also has a page on tips to save water, here’s the link http://bit.ly/u4FZT