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Tag Archives: Thurmond Dam
Changes affect shoreline uses at Hartwell, Thurmond
Often laws and regulations go into effect at the beginning of a new year. The Savannah District started three more this Jan. 1. All deal with shoreline management at Corps of Engineers’ reservoirs on the Savannah River. Two stirred little … Continue reading
And so it begins … hopefully
If you harbored even remote doubts about NOAA climatologists’ wet winter predictions, October’s rain most likely washed them away.
Local weather systems in tune with fiscal calendar
The Savannah River Basin sputtered its way through September but somehow still landed close to par. This feat seems even more astonishing – if watching rain gauges can be considered astonishing – when you consider the entire basin collected more … Continue reading
Across the nation bald eagles are thriving; so why are they dying at Thurmond Lake?
Its origin is mysterious. Its prevalence ubiquitous. The growing and invasive waterweed known as hydrilla beckons hungry waterfowl, known as coots, who fall prey to a lethal blue-green algae present on its leaves. The American bald eagles that prey on … Continue reading
Posted in Fish and Wildlife, Recreation, Studies, Water Management, Water Quality/Water Supply
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, avian vacuolar myelinopathy, AVM, bald eagles, DNR, Georgia and South Carolina DNR, hydrilla, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Thurmond Dam, Thurmond Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, water management
Reservoirs maxed out: Flood storage captures excess rainfall
The rain event that occurred Sunday, April 19, caused both Hartwell and Thurmond to exceed the limits of conservation storage (almost simultaneously) as water levels rose into flood storage territory. As of this writing, Hartwell’s elevation has climbed more than … Continue reading
Posted in Flood Risk Management, Hydropower, Rainfall Update, Water Management, Water Quality/Water Supply
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, flood risk management, flood storage, Hartwell Dam, Hartwell Lake, rainfall, recreation, reservoir levels, Thurmond Dam, US Army Corps of Engineers, water management
Drought recovery complete: rise of reservoirs shifts basin into normal operations
Hartwell Reservoir rose more than 2 feet above the Drought Level 1 trigger Wednesday at 3 a.m., which prompted a shift to normal operations. This means the flow restriction at Thurmond Dam is now removed. Demand for peak energy is … Continue reading
Thurmond spillway gates receive a tune-up
Spillway gates at Thurmond sub-basin are currently undergoing repair on a number of areas where pitting has developed on the surface of the gates. The gates are armored with industrial grade coating, which typically lasts 30 years, to protect them … Continue reading
Posted in Flood Risk Management, Water Management, Water Quality/Water Supply
Tagged American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA, Augusta Industrial Coatings, congress, Construction Services Group, hydropower, hydropower plant, Lake Thurmond, maintenance, rain, rainfall, repair, reservoir, reservoir levels, spillway gates, Stimulus Plan, Thurmond Dam, Thurmond Lake, water management
Why is there so much fluctuation between the Thurmond & Stevens Creek dams?
Earlier 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
