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Georgia states the water from Lake Allatoona and the Etowah River in North Georgia could sustain the water needs of the metro Atlanta area. [17] Georgia's main concern is whether or not they have the capability to supply over 5.6 million people [18] in the metro Atlanta area with potable water.
The water is supplied mostly by the Etowah River, and its major tributary the Little River (which joins the lake at Bell's Ferry), and in turn Noonday Creek. The other major arm of the lake is Allatoona Creek, extending down to Acworth, where pre-existing Lake Acworth now empties directly into Allatoona at Lake Acworth Drive .
Sep. 2—ACWORTH — A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision means that Georgia has secured water supply requests from Lake Allatoona that will supply Cobb and other metro areas through 2050. The ...
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The Little River is the largest tributary of the Etowah, their confluence now flooded by Lake Allatoona. Allatoona Creek is another major tributary, flowing north from Cobb County and forming the other major arm of the lake. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names officially named the river in 1897. The river ends at 571 feet (174 m) above mean sea ...
Editor’s Note: Read the latest on the lake-effect snow here. This story is no longer being updated. As biting cold temperatures sweep across a large swath of the US, parts of the Great Lakes ...
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 ...
Lake Lanier rose quickly, while Lake Allatoona soared to more than ten feet or three meters over full pool, using its flood reserve capacity for the first time after years of the 2006–2009 Southeastern U.S. drought. Lake Allatoona reached its highest level since 1990.