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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Corps waives day use fees for Veterans Day weekend
In honor of Veterans Day, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Savannah District will waive day use fees for all veterans, active and reserve component service members, and their families at Corps-managed recreation areas throughout the Veterans Day holiday … Continue reading
Helping heroes through hunting
As part of an ongoing partnership with the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District hosted two deer hunts for PVA members and their families at Richard B. Russell Lake, Oct. 23 and 24. … Continue reading
How do I find the weekly declaration and projection?
For the last three months, we have posted on this blog the weekly declaration and 10-week projection for the Savannah River reservoirs. We posted this information so stakeholders and the public would retain access while our water management website was … Continue reading
Water management website available for public view
Our water management website for hydrologic data on the Savannah River Basin is now available again for public viewing. We thank all lake stakeholders for their patience while our team restored the site following an attempted cyber attack in June. … Continue reading
Weekly Declaration – Outflows holding steady at Hartwell, Russell & Thurmond
Today water managers released the weekly declaration and 10-week projection for the Savannah River reservoirs, calling for next week’s outflows to remain at similar levels compared to last week. Starting Saturday Oct. 12, the daily average outflow rate at the … Continue reading
Posted in Declaration/Projection, Water Management
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, cfs, declaration, Hartwell Dam, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, october, outflows, projection, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Dam, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, Thurmond Dam, Thurmond Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, water management
Why do we need a study on the winter drawdown?
We often hear people suggest the Corps should limit the amount of winter-draw down to 2 feet instead of four. They point out that when Thurmond Dam and Lake were built, a 4-foot winter drawdown was established to make room … Continue reading
Posted in Flood Risk Management, Studies, Water Management
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, flood risk management, flood storage, guide curve, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, modeling, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, study, Thurmond Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, water management, winter drawdown
Commander addresses winter drawdown this year
Our continuing efforts to refine our management of the basin have yielded some encouraging results. We secured $240,000 to perform a flood-storage assessment, which will reevaluate how much flood-storage is needed in the reservoirs. The study began this month and … Continue reading
Posted in Flood Risk Management, From the Commander, Studies, Videos, Water Management
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Colonel Tom Tickner, commander, guide curve, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, rainfall, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, Thurmond Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, water management, winter drawdown
September rainfall & declaration: Corps to lower Thurmond outflows next week
After a very wet summer, the Savannah River Basin recorded below average rainfall for the month of September; however, soils are moderately saturated and overall basin conditions remain wet. The Hartwell sub-basin received 2.7 inches of rain this September, which … Continue reading
Posted in Declaration/Projection, Rainfall Update, Water Management
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, declaration, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, projection, rainfall, rainfall update, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, September, Thurmond Lake, USACE, water management
