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Private reservoirs support Corps public ones
ShareEditor’s note: This installment of a continuing series of articles explaining the operations of the Savannah River basin, looks at the support upstream, privately-owned reservoirs contribute to keeping the basin in balance. Savannah District officials often get asked why Lake … Continue reading
Posted in Drought in the News, Drought Response, Hydropower, Recreation, Water Management
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Bad Creek Reservoir, drought management, Duke Energy, electricity, Georgia, Hartwell Lake, Lake Jocassee, Lake Keowee, National Weather Service, Oconee Nuclear Station, predictions, reservoirs, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, Seneca River, sub basin, Thurmond Lake, Tugaloo River, upper basin, USACE, water elevation, weather
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Why is there so much fluctuation between the Thurmond & Stevens Creek dams?
ShareEarlier this summer we asked readers what topics they want to read about on Balancing the Basin. Here’s one of many questions we received: “Why there is so much fluctuation of river levels between Thurmond dam and Stevens Creek dam?” … Continue reading
Occasionally it just happens at the right time…
ShareToday is clear and sunny in the Savannah River Basin. Who can remember last week when the polar vortex plunged the eastern half of the nation into record cold temperatures? I even had to turn on heat in my Savannah … Continue reading
Posted in Flood Risk Management, Hydropower
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, electricity, Hartwell Lake, hydropower, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, power demand, rainfall, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, Thurmond Dam, Thurmond Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, water management
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