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  2. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works controversies

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    The Corps acknowledged that they made a mistake in 2006 when they relied on a faulty gauge to measure Lake Lanier's level by nearly two feet. This mistake led to an overestimation of the amount of water left in the lake and the Corps accidentally released about 22 billion US gallons (83,000,000 m 3 ) of water: enough to supply metro Atlanta's ...

  3. Tri-state water dispute - Wikipedia

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    Chattahoochee River in Norcross, Georgia, downstream from Lake Lanier and Buford Dam. The tri-state water dispute is a 21st-century water-use conflict among the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over flows in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin.

  4. Georgia's Lake Lanier has claimed over 200 lives. Why do ...

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    In July, Tamika Foster, a fashion designer and the ex-wife of R&B singer Usher, started an online petition to "drain, clean and restore" Lake Lanier. Foster’s 11-year-old son was killed at the ...

  5. Lake Lanier - Wikipedia

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    Lake Lanier Islands is a resort complex on the lake, opened in 1974, that includes a resort hotel called Legacy Lodge (formerly Emerald Pointe Hotel), a water park, and a golf course, among other amenities. The complex also included a second resort hotel, PineIsle, which operated from 1975 to 2005, and was demolished in 2008.

  6. Federal officials pause plan to rename Georgia’s Lake Lanier

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    GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Federal officials are pausing a plan that could lead to new names for Georgia’s Lake Lanier The post Federal officials pause plan to rename Georgia’s Lake Lanier ...

  7. Usher's ex-wife wants to drain Georgia's largest lake, where ...

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    The ex-wife of R&B singer Usher is calling to drain Georgia's largest lake, where her son was fatally injured 11 years ago. Fashion designer Tameka Foster has collected more than 2,500 signatures ...

  8. A Georgia Man Is the Latest Death at 'Haunted' Lake Lanier - AOL

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    There were 13 deaths at Lake Lanier in 2023. So far this year, there have already been two. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...

  9. Water wars in Florida - Wikipedia

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    In 2003, the Army Corps of Engineers gave Georgia the rights to a quarter of the water in Lake Lanier for drinking water, and Alabama and Florida objected. After a series of lawsuits between 2003 and 2008 and record drought in 2007, Georgia's rights to the water in Lake Lanier were denied, stating that the change required congressional approval ...