Hot July Expected, Lanier Still Thirsting For Rain
Lake Lanier, already at 14 feet below full and setting daily record low levels, is expected to drop another half a foot by the end of next week.
According to a report in the AJC, the drought is reintensifying, with a hot and dry early July on the way, said Andy Ashley of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
“Any shower activity will be isolated,” Ashley said Thursday on a regular teleconference call to discuss drought conditions with the Corps and representatives from Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
But perhaps the worst news for Lanier is what the summer sun is doing: evaporating more than two-tenths of an inch per day.
On Wednesday, 193.9 million gallons of water evaporated from the lake, the main water source for more than 3 million metro Atlantans.
By comparison, Gwinnett County withdrew an average of 74.2 million gallons a day from the lake in May, nearly less than half the amount that’s disappearing in the sun’s rays.
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