Lake Lanier is already several feet below full pool, and summer hasn’t even started yet

With spring lake season here, the lakes in our area will get crowded. But the water level in Lake Lanier is much lower than it should be right now.

We thirst for sun-splashed days on the lake, when kayakers can glide across still water and boaters can cast for spotted bass in a cove. But the lake also thirsts this year.

“If you don’t have water coming in, and water is going out, well, hey, it’s gonna go down,” said Clay Sims, who walks his dog along Lake Lanier…

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