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  2. Buford Dam - Wikipedia

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    Creates. Lake Lanier. Commission date. 1958; 66 years ago (1958) [3] Annual generation. 250 GWh. Buford Dam is a dam in Buford, Georgia which is located at the southern end of Lake Lanier, [4] a reservoir formed by the construction of the dam in 1956. The dam itself is managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

  3. Lake Lanier - Wikipedia

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    Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River. The lake encompasses 38,000 acres (15,000 ha) or 59 sq mi (150 km 2) of water, and 692 mi (1,114 ...

  4. Tri-state water dispute - Wikipedia

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    Tri-state water dispute. Chattahoochee River in Norcross, Georgia, downstream from Lake Lanier and Buford Dam. The tri-state water dispute is a 21st-century water-use conflict among the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over flows in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin.

  5. Your favorite park on Lake Lanier may be closing Sept. 24 ...

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    Sep. 22—Seventeen of the Army Corps of Engineers' day-use parks and boat ramps on Lake Lanier have been added to campground seasonal closures this year. And many, such as Little Hall Day Use and ...

  6. Federal officials pause plan to rename Georgia’s Lake Lanier

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  7. Local dams normally closed to the public open for National ...

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    The doors to the dam gatehouses operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are usually locked and secured behind "No Trespassing" signs. But in Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the doors to the ...

  8. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works controversies

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    The United States Army Corps of Engineers is involved with a wide spectrum of public works projects: environmental protection, water supply, recreation, flood damage and reduction, beach nourishment, homeland security, military construction, and support to other Governmental agencies. Through 19 Flood Control Acts since 1917, Congress has ...

  9. Summerour Mound site - Wikipedia

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    Summerour Mound site. The Summerour Mound site (9FO16) is an archaeological site located in Forsyth County, Georgia. It was formerly on a floodplain of the west bank of the Chattahoochee River in northern Georgia. It is now flooded under the Buford Reservoir, also known as Lake Lanier. This mound site, previously unreported, was discovered and ...