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The United States Army Corps of Engineers tested the spillway gates at the Lake Hartwell hydropower dam on Wednesday, March 13 at 9 a.m. ... Residents can check Lake Hartwell's water level at ...
1989 was the first year the lake hit a level 3, dropping to its lowest level during the drought that year. 2008 was the second time the lake hit a level 3. In December 2008, due to severe drought in the southeastern United States, the lake dropped to more than 22 feet (6.7 m) below its normal water level.
Hartwell Dam is a concrete and embankment dam located on the Savannah River at the border of South Carolina and Georgia, creating Lake Hartwell. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1955 and 1962 for the purposes of flood control, hydropower and navigation. The concrete and earthen structure spans 15,840 feet (4,828 m).
The entire Thurmond "project" contains 151,000 acres (611 km 2) of land and water. J. Strom Thurmond Lake and Dam is the first Corps of Engineers project to be built in the Savannah River Basin. Hartwell Lake and Dam the second project built in the basin was completed in 1963, and a third project, Richard B. Russell Lake and Dam was completed ...
Water's Edge Summer Ministry is a non-profit church serving the Lake Hartwell community. Services are held at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays through Labor Day weekend at Tiger Cove,4023 Whitehall Road.
After muddy water impacted drinking water in Sweet Home and Lebanon, the Army Corps of Engineers has a new plan for drawing down Green Peter Reservoir
The Corps owns a 300-foot (91 m) buffer zone all the way around the 540 miles (870 km) of shoreline to mitigate the loss of habitat due to the creation of the lake. [4] The natural shoreline creates a strikingly different feel and look to the lake when compared to Thurmond and Hartwell which have highly developed shorelines.
An Athens, Georgia, man died from an accidental drowning at Lake Hartwell over the weekend. Levi Magana Nino, a 47-year-old male from Athens, Georgia, was at the Elrod Ferry Recreation Area on ...