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09-21-2009, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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All this rain...
So, the good news is we are no longer considered in drought according to the US Drought Monitor. In fact, Lake Lanier is at levels it was in 2004 before we had a drought. YAY.
The bad news, however, is that we're flooded and can't take anymore water. In fact, I'm worried that this may cause people to turn their cheeks and forget about the drought and about expanding water facilities. There is, however, the fact that we still have that judgement saying we cannot rely on Lake Lanier for water.
What do y'all think?
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09-21-2009, 11:53 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Acworth
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I think that drought has completely made us forget that we can and apparently do flood!
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09-22-2009, 12:53 PM
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Professional Bit Twiddler
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb)
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Now that Alabama is challenging the Atlanta metro's use of Lake Allatoona as well as Lake Lanier, I think a lot of effort needs to be made to
(a) point out that Atlanta is hardly alone in taking water from reservoirs "not originally intended for that purpose" (there are apparently dozens of other examples of that type of "unauthorized" usage across the country),
(b) continue to develop new reservoirs like Hickory Log Creek, and
(c) try to fix the issues present in existing infrastructure (City of Atlanta, I'm looking at you) which end up wasting a lot of water due to broken pipes, etc.
You can bet that all of this flooding isn't going to tempt me to run my sprinker system any more, though. My pocketbook is an effective throttle for that. Even in Cobb County, water isn't free, and it's the sewage charge that adds up the fastest (it's like 2/3 of my water bill).
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09-22-2009, 08:28 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: May 2009
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Last time we had a drought, the economy wasn't in the toilet.
Even with the economy in the toilet, Atlanta still jacked up its water rates. We won't get to be so wasteful again so soon.
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09-22-2009, 10:07 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: West Cobb County, GA (Atlanta metro)
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The saddest part? If the State had got on the ball and started to build a new water reservoir (or two) four years ago, then they would have been finished, and these rains would have greatly shortened the time to fill them (which normally can take some time).
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