First Katrina and the Levees, Now Atlanta and the Lakes

[TalkingDog]

What does the Army Corps of Engineers have against cities with large Democratic and African-American populations?

Granted, it was only a month's worth of water.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/10/10/wateruse_1011.html

Compounding this year's problem was a huge mistake by the Corps in 2006.

That spring, just as the drought was beginning, the Corps released billions of gallons of additional water from Lanier to the Apalachicola River, for the spawning season of the threatened Gulf sturgeon. So few of the prehistoric fish remain that a federal biologist in Florida has estimated fewer than 10 females are able to spawn in any given year.

The Corps discovered it had relied on a faulty gauge to measure Lanier's level — overestimating the amount of water left in the lake by nearly 2 feet. That meant the Corps had accidentally released 22 billion gallons of water: enough to supply metro Atlanta's needs for about a month and a half.

EPD Director Couch first sent out a warning in June of last year that metro Atlanta's drinking water supply was in jeopardy, thanks to the Corps' releases, which she said were twice the amount needed for the threatened fish. The Corps has since acknowledged it released more water than needed.

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[Yael]

1. It was a mistake

besides, who would have thought back then that the situation would be this bad? NO tropical storms came through -- which is an anomoly in itself.

Blase finger pointing is all this is and accomplishes nothing.

[TalkingDog]

2. So were the levees. I'm just pointing out a pattern. And agreed: accomplishes little. n/t

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