Wednesday, October 24, 2007
News Other online voices discuss the water woes
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 5:11 PM
Mickey at AtlantaWaterShortage -- a great resource devoted solely to the region's water-supply shortage -- notes that Lake Lanier showed its lowest decrease in water levels yesterday. Chalk it up to the rain, mostly, both adding some juice to the lake and motivating the Corps to decrease the releases from Buford Dam.
Also, the voice behind the South Carolina-based WaterCrunch blog was feeling a little guilty about not being under statewide watering restrictions like we are.
I live in South Carolina 20 miles from the Georgia state border in the Savannah basin. 20 miles away Georgia has an outdoor water ban. 20 miles away Georgians in the same watershed as me are counting drops of water. Yesterday, there was neither a voluntarily or mandatory ban on my family's water use. I could wash my car, water the grass, or even bring out the slip n' slide. I could even do it all the same time every day, every hour, and every minute.
That feeling changed yesterday with an announcement by his state's governor asking all citizens to conserve.
Check out both for some good water info.
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