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Water supply, drought among concerns at open house
Meeting was first of 5 showing draft plans for basin including Lake Lanier
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Visitors to the Corps of Engineers' first public hearing on the proposed water management manual for the tri-state basin that includes Lake Lanier look at charts and data spread around the ballroom inside the Gainesville Civic Center on Monday.
Tom Rasmussen of Gainesville came to the gathering concerned about the area’s future water supply, especially during droughts. “We very quickly could end up in a very difficult position,” particularly as the population continues to climb, he said. Rasmussen was one of many residents, water advocates and government officials streaming through an Army Corps of Engineers open house Monday on the agency’s draft operating plans for the tri-state basin that includes Lake Lanier.