Lake Lanier Water Quality

Lake Lanier Association, Issues facing Lake Lanier, including treated wasterwater and water discharge

LLA submits Memorandum of Law

Memorandum of Law of the Lake Lanier Association in Support of Motion of the State of Georgia for Preliminary Injunction

Request from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA-EPD) that a reduction be made in releases from Buford Dam/Lake Lanier to meet the water quality requirement on the Chattahoochee River at Atlanta, Georgia, as a temporary drought contingency measure.

Lake Lanier Association files interventions in Tri-States lawsuits



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The Lake Lanier Association is a strong advocate for responsible development and enlightened planning and a successful opponent of pollution to Lake Lanier. The association is or has been involved to some extent in the following issues of concern to the future water quality health of Lake Lanier:

EPD Permit to Gwinnett County to discharge 40 million gallons a day of treated wastewater into Lake Lanier at Shoal Creek
EPD Permit to the City of Gainesville to discharge up to 18 million gallons a day of treated wastewater into Lake Lanier
Placement of three areas of Lake Lanier on EPA’s impaired waters’ list (Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act) in Spring, 2006.

Visit our Volunteer section to learn how you can lend a hand to the Lake Lanier Association. Please be sure to read about the various programs the LLA sponsors to improve water quality on Lake Lanier.

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