It’s ‘dirt season’ on Lake Lanier. How sediment causes problems and what you can do about it - Forsyth News

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It’s ‘dirt season’ on Lake Lanier. How sediment causes problems and what you can do about it

Lake Lanier is muddy Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, at Longwood Park following recent heavy rains. Lake Lanier is entering "dirt season" from winter into spring when there is the highest level of erosion and sedimentation going into the lake. - photo by By Scott Rogers

Lake Lanier — Lake Lanier is muddy Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, at Longwood Park following recent heavy rains. Lake Lanier is entering "dirt season" from winter into spring when there is the highest level of erosion and sedimentation going into the lake. - photo by By Scott Rogers

Jennifer Flowers got about 10 reports Friday, Feb. 4, of dirty water in Lake Lanier — just another messy day in “dirt season.”

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