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How low will the lake go this time?
Lanier just six feet from 2007 record low
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David Lyle surveys the cove filled with docks, but little water, at his home on Simpson Park Road as he and his wife Gwen prepare to walk the shoreline to check their dock Saturday morning.
Five years after hitting its historic low, Lake Lanier’s water level is back to exposing shorelines and raising concerns about safety and property values. “The only cure for our problem is rain and it will come,” said David Lyle, a Gainesville lake dweller. “People like us who love the lake will persevere.”It’s been a yo-yo five years for the North Georgia reservoir, the main drinking water source for metro Atlanta counties.