The deluge of recent rains in North Georgia have sent the Lake Allatoona water levels soaring past full pool. The lake rose rose more than 8 feet in the past 24 hours. Currently the lake is 11 feet above full pool and still rising. The high water levels have caused Allatoona to spread over its […]

Atlanta owns more than 10,000 forested acres along the Etowah River, and now a private developer wants to turn it into a huge reservoir with the help of the public water authority. Is this a (water) pipe dream? Maybe not: This venture could provide 100 million gallons of water to the city per day in […]

The Corps of Engineers is being very cautious with the lakes it controls in Georgia, including Lake Allatoona. E. Patrick Robbins, chief of public affairs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District explained last week that they were refilling Lake Allatoona early this year: “Conditions have improved over the last two drought years […]