I drove into the city of Hartwell the other day and looked out over the Trussle Bridge and noticed how low the water levels are. Lake Hartwell is approximately 13-14ft down. I stayed in town a few hours as I drove out of town back over the Bridge I noticed the water level had dropped even more.
Rumor has it that by the 1st of October the lake will be 20+ft below full pool. I have checked the charts on the crops website and it does look like levels will continue to drop. My site has a link to the corps page. Lake level projection page. If you notice back in January and February we were about 12-13ft down. This will give you an indication of how low the lake will fall. Lake Russell below Hartwell, only fluctuates about 4-5ft and it is a core lake as well.
Don't give up hope Hartwell lake Properties and their owners are in the beginning stages of starting a grass roots effort to help maintain our lake levels. Keep reading the future bloggs for more information on this.
The corp. of engineers is have a lunch at Cateechee Golf Club open to the public to discuss what's going on with the water levels. This is an important meeting open to the public.
Call Catechee at 706-856-3327 to RSVP by today. Meeting is Friday the 22nd at 12:00
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