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The Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority, the four-county group that owns and operates the Bear Creek Reservoir, is again making noise about the need to plan water resources for the future.

Nothing against planning for the future — the Bear Creek Reservoir exists because local officials did just that. But before the four counties embark on another project, let’s resolve the crucial lingering issue of the current reservoir.
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Only seven years after the Bear Creek Reservoir was completed in southwest Jackson County, work is under way to provide access to fishing boats to the 505-acre regional reservoir.

Workers last week poured the concrete for a boat ramp that will be accessed by Hwy. 330. [Full Story »] 

Superior Court Judge Joe Booth will decide whether Jackson County’s lawsuit against the Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority should proceed.

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Seven years after the Bear Creek Reservoir was completed, local anglers may finally get to put their boats on the regional reservoir.

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Last week’s rainfall was good for the Bear Creek Reservoir.

Following the 3-plus inches of rain that fell Thursday and Friday, the 505-acre lake rose by more than two feet.

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Three feet more water and a year’s experience make a lot of difference.

Although the area remains mired in the worst drought in state history, the angst about reservoir levels and water restrictions is nowhere near what it was just one year ago.
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Barrow County’s top elected official served notice last week that Barrow not only opposes Jackson County’s lawsuit over Bear Creek, but will seek damages should Jackson County prevail.


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Can the Bear Creek Reservoir really produce 58 million gallons of water per day?

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