State officials warn that Lake Lanier, a 38,000-acre north Georgia reservoir that supplies more than 3 million residents with water, is already less than three months from depletion. Smaller reservoirs are dropping even lower, forcing local governments to consider rationing.
Perdue's office on Friday asked a Florida federal judge to force the Army Corps of Engineers to curb the amount of water draining from Georgia reservoirs into Alabama and Florida. And Georgia's environmental protection director is drafting proposals for more water restrictions.
Virtually all outdoor watering across was banned across the northern half of the state, restaurants were asked to serve water only at a customer's request and the governor called on Georgians to take shorter showers. Carol Couch, the state's environmental director, said it's "very likely" new limits on water usage are needed.
Water companies are very strict about enforcing these rules. They are out in full force scouting neighborhoods for lawns that seen a bit too green. If a lawn appears to be too green because of watering, the water is immediately shut off. Residence will have to pay 1, 000.00 to have immediate services returned, or pay 35.00 and wait until they can schedule your services to be reconnected.
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, seen in 2006, declared a state of emergency Saturday for the northern third of Georgia and asked President Bush to declare it a major disaster area.
It seems as though Georgia officials have no back up plan for such serious conditions. Some suggestions have been made to them such as , using local streams and rivers from within the state, recycling their water, or even distilling water from the Atlantic Ocean.
What I'm saying iz...I don't know what they are going to do, but I am wondering why they waited for things to become so desperate before speaking up on the situation.
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