Tag Archives: Hartwell Lake

Permit fee increases suspended pending national review

Posted on October 28, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

SAVANNAH, Ga. – We are delaying the implementation of fee increases for shoreline permits in the South Atlantic region while Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, conducts a national review of the shoreline management program fees. The South Atlantic region will … Continue reading →

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Rainfall? September had anything but

Posted on October 10, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Pfffft! (That’s the sound I made while spitting out my coffee as I noticed September’s rainfall tally for the Savannah River Basin. Coincidentally, that’s how I imagined Mother Nature produced the rainfall that misted the basin last month.) Misted might … Continue reading →

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Luck is a matter of perspective

Posted on September 10, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

I’m not a betting man, but if I lived in the upper Savannah River Basin, I’d think Mother Nature was trying to tell me something.

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Setting the stage

Posted on August 9, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Well, there’s one thing you can say about July’s rainfall: it wasn’t June, but it also wasn’t May, either. (Or is that two things?)

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3 died at Corps lakes over July 4th weekend

Posted on July 18, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Over the Independence Day weekend three fatalities at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supervised lakes could have been prevented with a simple piece of equipment: a life jacket.

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Holding strong — all summer long?

Posted on July 5, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

The Savannah River Basin roared into summer last month. Hartwell and Thurmond each collected 6.8 inches of rain in June – a full 2 and 3 inches above their averages, respectively. Russell pulled in a solid 5 inches compared to … Continue reading →

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Summer heat hits striped bass hard

Posted on June 27, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

No one argues that summer heat in the South climbs well above the comfort level – for humans and animals.

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June showers make up for May’s wilted flowers

Posted on June 16, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

You know that feeling when you take a sip of ice cold water and you can feel it go all the way down your esophagus? That was last week after the unbearably dry month of May. It was so dry … Continue reading →

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Flowers or not, April’s rain still welcome

Posted on May 3, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

The Savannah River Basin continued its march toward summer with stable, (mostly) above average rainfall in April. Hartwell kicked it up a notch, collecting a solid 6.2 inches compared to its 4.6-inch average.

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Accounting for the basin’s smallest stakeholders

Posted on April 23, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

For much of the year, we concentrate on stakeholders living on or around our three reservoirs along the Savannah River Basin. However, for a short period each spring, our focus shifts to the residents in those reservoirs.

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