This summer, the Lake Lanier Association has amped up its water safety projects.
The organization installed its latest life-jacket loaner station at Shoal Creek Campground. It is the result of a partnership with Margaritaville and the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority to assist the Army Corps of Engineers in assuring accessibility to visitors to the day-use parks and campgrounds.
Here are the other stations supported by the association: Charleston Park Boat Ramp, Laurel Park Boat Ramp, Mary Alice Park Beach and Boat Ramp, Lake Lanier Olympic Park Boat Ramp, River Forks Park Boat Ramp, Shady Grove Park Campground and Beach, Shoal Creek Campground, Wahoo Park Boat Ramp and Young Deer Park Beach.
The group’s solar lights project undergoes regular monitoring to ensure that each of the 289 lights positioned on tops of hazard markers around the lake are operating properly. Conducted at night last May, the inspection identified damaged, missing or inoperable lights. Funds from the association were used to repair and replace any that were needed.
Since 2000, the group’s Adopt-A-Lake initiative has conducted regular water sampling at 27 locations around the lake. The program, managed by association board member Bev Nicholls, tests and records water clarity and temperature. Samples collected are tested for chlorophyll, which can lead to the creation of algae blooms. The monthly reports, available for viewing, are posted at lakelanier.org.
