Water (Atlanta, Savannah: store, budget, farm)

[ebreezy]

from looking at this us drought monitor is it were the counties of georgia in the yellow on down are out of the drought.

[netdragon]

Not as bad as last year, but still not great. Hurricane Faye dumped a lot of rain and raised Lake Lanier 2 feet. I don't think it's anywhere near normal levels, though.

We could use a couple more hurricanes this year.

[crystalblue]

I havent heard much about this recently.

is the drought over? the lake back to normal?

if not, is there a construction moratorium?

[Valerie-Lydie]

It is not only us, the population who are using water to great extent. I think we tend to make people feel guilty but in reality factories have a lot to do for it...they need tonnes of pure water to make one electronic chip like those in your cell phones, then you have the meds labs, and those that rejects chemicals in the ground that pollute safe water underground...also, the globale population has doubled on earth since 1900, and there will be another billion in 12 years time... they cut trees in rain forests and every where every day, and trees are ever so important in the regulation of water under and above, replaced them or think they replant some where they took them, but they forget to replace them with a diversity of trees, they only plant one species trees so it meeses up with the ecological balance, seeds don't grow, and it takes years and century for them to grow again, then we get the acid rain, and chaotic climate situations...

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

I havent heard much about this recently.

is the drought over? the lake back to normal?

Read some of the articles and related comments on this web site for some good information:

Atlanta Water Shortage

if not, is there a construction moratorium?

The cold real estate market is kind of taking care of that on its own.

FWIW, though, the Atlanta metro has never been the primary user of water from Lake Lanier (it uses less than a tenth of the water released from that reservoir), and its water usage isn't the reason why water levels got very low (and are still low).

Most of the water released from the lake has been released for cooling power plants far downstream from Atlanta or to keep water levels up in Apalachicola Bay down in Florida.

[crystalblue]

has atlanta come up with any solutions yet to their growing water needs?

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

has atlanta come up with any solutions yet to their growing water needs?

The Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority has had a project going for a while (building a new reservoir):

watercrunch: A New Reservoir for a Growing City in GA - Hickory Log Dam

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

has atlanta come up with any solutions yet to their growing water needs?

Just saw this on the AJC web site:

Water planners seek public comment on draft | ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2009/01/08/atlanta_water_plan.html - broken link)

[brownhornet]

At my job they have "waterless" urinals to help fight the cause...

[Psykomonkee]

Does anyone have any ideas for what Atlanta COULD do about solving it's water supply issues?