water must make it through the Catawba River System from Lake James in the mountains to Lake Wateree, north of Columbia. Duke Energy manages how quickly water flows through using its hydroelectric ...

When Duke Energy opened four floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam last fall, it made headlines. On that September day, water surged into Mountain Island Lake, flooding the lake and nearby neighborhoods.

Lake Norman holds about 38% of the water in the Catawba-Wateree system, Walsh said, while Mountain Island Lake holds only 3%. As water makes its way from Lake James, which is west of Morganton ...

Cedar Creek Reservoir and Lake Wateree. As a part of the study, Duke Energy installed traffic and trail counters at each site as well as posted clerks on certain key days to interview visitors ...

Aaron Dale, director of the regulated renewables operating center, states, “Forecasting is not an exact science; it’s difficult to predict where the water will end up.” This was in response ...

“This system, the Catawba-Wateree, was not built for flood management,” said Bryan Walsh, Duke Energy’s VP of Carolina’s Regulated Renewables and Lake Services. That’s one of the main ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources divers recovered two drowning victims from the Wateree River on Sunday. Emergency responders received a 911 call around 4:10 p.m. reporting the ...

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources divers recovered two drowning victims from the Wateree River on Sunday. Emergency responders received a 911 call ...