'Forgotten' lake shows South's tough drought

Associated Press - MSNBC

Date: 12/21/2008

STARR, S.C. - A decaying highway, plunged deep underwater after Lake Hartwell was dammed in the 1950s, sits exposed once again across what remains of the bay outside Big Water Marina.It's a depressing reminder of the toll from a stubborn Southern drought that only recently began to abate with replenishing rains… Read More

FERC Approves First Hydrokinetic Device for Existing Hydroelectric Project

Celeste M. Miller - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Date: 12/15/2008

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the first installation of ahydrokinetic device at an existing FERC-licensed hydroelectric project, to be located on the Mississippi Riverin Hastings, Minn.Hydrokinetic devices generate electricity from waves or directly from the flow of water in oceancurrents… Read More

Tri-state water wars fought on many fronts

Harris Blackwood - The Gainesville Times

Date: 11/30/2008

The 18-year-old dispute over water between Georgia, Florida and Alabama is a tangled web that includes seven federal lawsuits in three different court systems and a plethora of plaintiffs.There are six suits that have been moved to the Middle District of Florida, where a federal judge from Minnesota, Paul Magnuson, will… Read More

Water flow out of Lake Hartwell cut

Eric Connor - The Greenville News

Date: 11/26/2008

With drought conditions worsening, regulators have begun restricting the amount of water that flows from Lake Hartwell through the dam that controls lake levels and determines how much water is released into the Savannah River to provide drinking water for millions.AdvertisementThe Army Corps of Engineers began… Read More

Water flow restrictions underway at Lake Hartwell

Eric Connor - The Greenville News

Date: 11/25/2008

With drought conditions worsening, regulators have begun restricting the amount of water that flows from Lake Hartwell through the dam that controls lake levels and determines how much water is released into the Savannah River to provide drinking water for millions.AdvertisementThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began… Read More