Water shortage--will I always be able to take a shower? (Atlanta: home, moving to)

[dls]

I am considering moving to Atlanta (Alpharetta) and was concerned
about the drought: I don't care if I can never wash my car or
my lawn turns brown and dies or they triple my water bill
but I need to know if I can always take a shower every day
and have basic water for living. Any perspective on this? Thanks.

[BobKovacs]

As of right now, yes you can. If the drought continues into the summer, maybe you won't be able to shower every day- no one has the answer to that question.

[dls]

In His hands, I guess...
Thanks.

[atlantagreg30127]

Originally Posted by dls

but I need to know if I can always take a shower every day
and have basic water for living. Any perspective on this? Thanks.

Well, if you reach into the tub and turn the shower knob - yes, you can take a shower every day. If you don't, you'll smell.

There is really no way to predict just where the water restrictions will go, but you're talking about something in the order of a disaster never recorded in Earth's history to get to the point where people will have their water shut off here and can't bathe. Stricter restrictions? Sure. Water bills going up in $$? Yep. Not being able to take a shower? I think that's alarmist. Sure, a 20 minute shower might wind up costing you $10 on your bill if it gets alarmingly bad, but I doubt it'll get to the point where when you turn that knob nothing at all comes out for days on end.

Of course, if folks wanted to really help out the region, people would put off all of their plans to move here for a while. With 55,000 to 95,000 people per year, ever year, moving here - the future outlook isn't all that hot.

[normie]

LOL, even if things got to such an extreme point you could still find ways to get clean every day. For example, if you were assigned to take showers only on even-numbered days you could simply join a gym and use the shower there on the odd-numbered days.

And if you're young and cute, you can probably find any number of people who would be willing to share a shower with you... (just kidding).

[charolastra00]

Or you could hope that people are doing their part in Georgia right now and taking Navy showers and only showering once a day (you'd be amazed at how many of my friends back at home tell me they shower two or three times a day!). Most people only need to shower once every other day in the winter.

But like everyone else has said, there's no real way of knowing how it's going to be. There are parts of Tennessee that now only get water for 3 hours a day. It could be in the future if no rain comes.

[KevK]

Plenty of water. Shower, shave, brush and flush.

[atlantagreg30127]

Originally Posted by normie

And if you're young and cute, you can probably find any number of people who would be willing to share a shower with you... (just kidding).

No you're not.

LOL