The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it's Mother Nature at work.
"It's warmer weather that results in increased evaporation from the lake, as well as a lack of rain events," according to Lisa Coughlan, deputy public affairs officer for the corps office in Mobile, Ala.
Coughlan says the corps has not increased the flow of water through Buford Dam.
The level of the lake Tuesday morning was 1057.54 - still about 14 feet below full pool. On March 5, it was 1054.07. It has gone down about a tenth of a foot since May 1.
Meanwhile, state climatologist David Stooksbury says that the dry weather which produced the historic drought last year that still has its grip on Georgia and other parts of the South is beginning to affect other parts of the country.
"New Jersey, New York, parts of Pennsylvania, are also beginning to see extremely low river flows," Stooksbury said. He also said the West may be affected this year, as well.
(Georgia News Network contributed to this story).
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