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DO YOU KNOW.......
 How much water hits the ground during a 1-inch rain storm? It might surprise you that it's 27,154 gallons which equivalent to about 113 tons falling from a great height. So far this year, the City of Atlanta, population of approximately 432,000 has received 16.98 inches of rain. That's a lot of water with a lot of energy! The USGS has a great website with easy to understand information in it, a lot of it concerning Georgia!
 Now consider how much rain may hit the ground during an average rain year, which for Atlanta is approximately 45 inches. In a city of roughly 132 square milesthe estimated volume results in some 106 billion gallons of water falling on Atlanta in an average year. The per capita water use is roughly 110 gallons per day or 40,150 gallons per year. Thus, the water from a year's precipitation, if it could be collected and stored without evaporation loss, would supply the needs of about 2,640,000 people. That's a lot of water for a lot of people.
An inevitable consequence of metropolitan stormwater runoff is demonstrated very clearly at Suwanee Creek in Gwinnett County (see picture right). As Gwinnett County has grown so has the volume and velocity of impervious stormwater runoff into it's watersheds. Suwanee Creek has lost approximately 35 feet of bank on the River Plantation Subdivision side in the last 8 years! The neighborhood is now suffering as a result of property loss as the creek and Chattahoochee River floodwater continues to eat away at the neighborhood common area. Contact Gwinnett County Stormwater and ask them what they're doing about the Suwanee Creek Watershed. After looking at this photo, It might surprise you that they've so far?
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Proposal Will Lock Fishermen Out WALTER F GEORGE
Due to constrained funding in the face of an aging infrastructure and the increased cost of operations, the Army Corps of Engineers is planning to implement operational changes to over
60 locks in waterways throughout the U.S. which will include severe restrictions to recreational boat lockage. Implementation for the new initiative began October, 2012. A full list of lock reductions and land closures, with two on the Chattahoochee River, Walter F George and George W Andrews can be found here.
 Public notices have been largely non-existent. Closures of important locks for recreation will prevent recreational anglers and boaters from navigating the many parts of the nation's vast network of waterways, reducing fishing access and hurting businesses dependent on recreational access.
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HORSE BOARDING and TRAINING FACILITY ORDERED TO PAY FOR FILLING WETLANDS
In 2012, The owners of Falls Creek Farm, a horse boarding and training facility and farm agreed to restore and create 11.3 acres of wetlands to settle claims by the United States that wetlands were illegally filled and altered during construction of a private golf course and other modifications to their property.
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DAMS ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
BUFORD DAM
1950 Groundbreaking ceremonies were conducted for construction of Buford Dam, the key element in creating what would become Lake Lanier.
 Georgia's congressional delegation obtained loans of $250,00 in 1947 and $450,000 in 1948 for construction of Buford Dam and Lake Lanier. Congress appropriated $750,000 for the project in 1949. The idea of a lake and dam north of Atlanta traced to Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield (third from left in above photo), who was interested in controlling downstream flooding, a reliable source of drinking water, hydroelectric power, and a lake for recreation purposes. Eventually, $45 million in federal funds went into creation of Buford Dam and Lake Lanier. 
The Gainesville Times chronicles that "In 1946 as Army Engineers surveyed a narrow river valley at the boundary of Gwinnett and Forsyth Counties. Mason J. Young, then South Atlantic Division Chief, looked out over the open expanse from one hillside to the next. This site was special and one that had been visited many times before over the years. 'This is a storybook site for a dam. I've seen similar sites in the Northeast but there is always a city a few miles away. Here we have the site with no such complications. I don't think I've ever seen a better site for a dam.'" Coughlin wrote.
The groundbreaking in 1950 was an event which drew a crowd estimated at 3,500. Those turning the ceremonial first spades of dirt included then-Gov. Herman E. Talmadge; Weldon Garner of Buford, who was a leader in the local planning committee for the dam.
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 It's important that we sacrifice a little to give our future generations an equally great place to work, live, fish, hunt, and enjoy. Before the Clean Water Act was passed, sediment, sewage, and chemicals caused America's rivers, like the Chattahoochee River, to be void of fish. As Americans, we cannot take our eyes off of the importance of water quality. Respecting our neighbors downstream is what the Clean Water Act is all about!
There is a lot happening today with water regulations that affect a diverse community of public and private entities. If you have areas of interest that you would like included in this newsletter, please contact us at 678-469-5120.
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