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Lanier irrigation ban may not be a closed issue, lake officials say
Homeowners concerned reversal of pumping limits may be temporary
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An irrigation system is set up at a home on Lake Lanier to distribute water from the lake to a sprinkler system in the yard. The Army Corps of Engineers has rolled out new rules banning Lake Lanier residents from using the lake for irrigation properties. - photo by Erin O. Smith
An Army Corps of Engineers move this past week to reverse an irrigation ban stunned but pleased Lake Lanier homeowners. It also left some thinking the reversal on banning residents from pumping water from Lanier to nurture lawns may only be temporary. Corps districts “will suspend the implementation of the policy … until the review is complete and further guidance is issued,” spokeswoman Lisa Parker said.