Lake Lanier at highest level in 2 years

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Lake Lanier at highest level in 2 years

Lake Lanier is at its highest level in nearly two years. The water level was posted as being 1,069.46 feet on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1.54 feet below the full pool of 1,071. Heavy winter rains have reversed a trend that saw the lake dwindle last December to its lowest levels since the great drought.

Because of low lake levels in the south, water releases at Buford Dam at Lake Lanier were increased, despite the drought conditions. Lakes to the south are now at optimum levels, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Lake Lanier, the life source of water for close to 4 million metro Atlantans, is at its highest level in nearly two years, a mere cloudburst shy of full pool. At right is the Lake Lanier Dam as seen on Wednesday, March 27, 2013.

The optimum level mark — or full pool — of Lake Lanier will increase by one foot, to 1,071 feet, in May in anticipation of the summer. At right is the Lake Lanier Dam as seen on Wednesday, March 27, 2013.

Pictured is the Lake Lanier Dam. The water level was posted as being 1,069.46 feet on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1.54 feet below the full pool of 1,071. Heavy winter rains have reversed a trend that saw the lake dwindle last December to its lowest levels since the great drought.

Lake Lanier is at its highest level in nearly two years, a mere cloudburst away from full pool. The water level was posted as being 1,069.46 feet on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1.54 feet below the full pool of 1,071.

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Lake Lanier is at its highest level in nearly two years. The water level was posted as being 1,069.46 feet on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1.54 feet below the full pool of 1,071. Heavy winter rains have reversed a trend that saw the lake dwindle last December to its lowest levels since the great drought.

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