Lake Lanier Water Supply Storage 

Lake Lanier Water Supply Storage 

There are five (5) municipalities which are permitted by EPD to withdraw surface water from Lake Lanier for the purposes of municipal water supply: City of Buford, City of Cumming, Forsyth County, City of Gainesville, and Gwinnett County.  

On January 20, 2021, the Army Corps of Engineers entered into a contract with the State of Georgia allocating 254,170 acre-feet of Lake Lanier's storage for water supply purposes.  The executed contract is provided here:

• Storage Contract between Army Corps of Engineers and State of Georgia  

On September 26, 2022, EPD entered into sub-contracts with the above-referenced municipalities for further allocating this water supply storage among the individual providers. The executed sub-contracts are provided here: 

• City of Buford Sub-Contract 
• City of Cumming and Forsyth County Sub-Contract 
• City of Gainesville Sub-Contract  
• Gwinnett County Sub-Contract 

As required by these sub-contracts, each of the providers must regularly report to EPD their daily water withdrawals and wastewater returns. The State's current storage accounting based on these reports is provided here: 

• Storage Accounting Spreadsheet
• Updated on 12-19-2024