More Wastewater Headed for Lake Lanier

Gwinnett County will soon be dumping more wastewater in Lake Lanier.

Officials are still waiting on final approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers following a six-year court battle, but the project is likely to go ahead.

Gwinnett aims to build a $45 million, nine-mile pipeline which will carry wastewater from the Buford-area F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center to the lake.

Upon approval from the corps, it has been estimated that construction should take approximately two years and make 14-acres of lake surface off-limits to boaters while construction lasts.

This project come soon after Gainesville recieved a new five year permit to increase wastewater discharge from its Flat Creek treatment plant on the north end of the Lake.

Just be sure not to eat that fish you catch this weekend.

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George Melton February 22, 2008 24.72.168.66	So now the lake will just become a waste dump. Humans can never not just destroy something that is beautiful. In time no one will be able to go into the water. Sad!
Keithj February 26, 2008 74.244.17.230	this isnt raw waste water..this is treated waste water which is actually 1000 times cleaner than the water that is already in Lake Lanier....look at this as a method of recycling.....and keeping water levels close to normal as possible in lake lanier!

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