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Gwinnett studying effect of septic tanks on Lake Lanier water
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Wastewater is treated in large filtration pools at F Wayne Hill Water Resources in Gwinnett County on April 8, 2015, before being released back into Lake Lanier. Gwinnett County is sponsoring a $2.4 million, three-year study of water quality along Gwinnett lakefront on Lake Lanier. - photo by Scott Rogers
Gwinnett County has hired Georgia Tech Research Corp. to study the effects of septic systems on Lake Lanier. The $2.4 million contract lasts for three years and will involve sampling of groundwater, lake water and lake sediment. Sampling will only be done in Gwinnett County, said county spokeswoman Karen Shields.