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Corps reverses new irrigation ban on Lake Lanier
Rule affecting many lake homeowners went into effect Jan. 1
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Lake Lanier property owners upset over an Army Corps of Engineers decision to ban pulling water from the lake for irrigation of lawns now have reason to celebrate. The corps decided Wednesday to reverse the decision, “following a meeting with concerned adjacent landowners,” states an email from Mobile (Ala.) District spokeswoman Lisa Parker. “We are suspending implementation of that portion of the new shoreline management policy that prohibits minor water withdrawals at lakes across the South Atlantic Division while we further review the policy and its implications for adjacent shoreline residents.”