Corps to reduce releases from Lake Lanier

ATLANTA - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to Georgia's request to send less water from Lake Lanier into the Chattahoochee River as it winds through metro Atlanta.

The Corps agreed Wednesday to release less water from the lake, at least through the end of the month.

The federal agency that operates Lake Lanier already had reduced the flows from the lake for six weeks in March and April, also at Georgia's request.

Reducing the releases is one reason Lanier has risen nearly 3 feet since mid-March, despite inflows into the lake from feeder streams and rivers that have been well below normal. Still, the lake remains about 13 feet below full, a record for this time of year.

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