Corps tells GA-SC delegation they will not maintain pool levels of Savannah River, will go with rock weir (Washington: construction)

[Airforceguy]

This is a BAD move by the Corps imo...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will not be maintaining pool levels outlined by the law in the Savannah River, officials in Washington DC confirm.

As a result, the Corps is going with a plan to put a rock weir -- a smaller dam -- in the place of the Lock and Dam.

The Corps met with legislators and government officials from Georgia-South Carolina. The Corps' priority was to come up with a place that would protect endangered sturgeon.

"Alternative 2-6d will lower the average height of the river in the Augusta area approximately 2 feet from current average conditions. The introduction of multiple weirs will hold the water level above natural levels while allowing endangered fish, including the shortnose sturgeon, to reach traditional spawning grounds inaccessible since the lock and dam opened in 1937," a statement from the Corps said.

"While the final report identifies Alternative 2-6d as the selected alternative, it also enables conditions necessary for modification to increase the weir height to allow for higher water. These modifications can be introduced either now or in the future following completion of construction."

https://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Co...564044081.html

[tckr83]

“I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.”

I don’t see how they can get away with this, there are federal guidelines pertaining to the river pool level that must be met downtown and the ACofE have said they won’t meet those levels. Lawsuits and opposition lining up as we speak, this is a long way from being over.