Tuesday, December 18, 2007
News Perdue: Big water-users are cutting back
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 9:27 PM
Congratulations, 61 counties of drought-addled Georgia -- you've conserved 348 million gallons each day, or enough water to serve 1.7 million homes! Them be the facts spoken by Gov. Sonny Perdue during a press conference today in his office at the Capitol.
In mid-October, Perdue demanded all permit holders reduce their water use by 10 percent compared to an average of their use from the previous year. Permit holders are users such as utility providers, industries and municipalities that use more than 100,000 gallons of water per day. The governor said today that since the demand, just under half -- 46 out of 97 permit holders -- met that goal. DeKalb County and the city of Atlanta said they just missed the cut, although the city is included in the governor's list.
The state Environmental Protection Division is contacting those that did not meet the goal to inquire why. He added that there may or may not be any type of consequence for those who do not reduce water usage by 10 percent. Any such measure would not be implemented until after the state worked with those users and judged if they had made efforts to cut back their water use, Perdue said. The state predicts 17 of the largest water users are expected to meet the goal during December.
The list of those good utilities and municipalities who did make the cut, after the jump.
Douglasville-Douglas County Authority
Madison
Toccoa
Villa Rica
Paulding County Water System
Atlanta
Calhoun
Atlanta-Fulton County Water Resources Commission
Roswell
North Fulton County
Newnan
Mount Vernon Mills Inc.
Demorest
Clayton-Rabun County Water and Sewer Authority
Athens-Clarke County Water System
Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority
Chemical Products Corporation
Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources
Oglethorpe Power Corp.
Columbus
Covington
Harris County Water System
Chatsworth
Henry County Water Authority
Southern Power Co-Plant Franklin
Cornelia
Catoosa Utility District Authority
Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority
Washington
Cumming
Fayette County
Walker County Water Authority
Adairsville
Mohawk Industries Inc.
Oconee County-Watkinsville
Woodstock
Lafayette
Westpoint Home Inc.
GEO Specialty Chemicals
Eagle and Phenix Hydroelectric Project Inc.
Imerys Marble Inc.-Whitestone Mine
Dalton Utilities
Imerys Marble Inc.-Marble Hill Mine
Fall Line Hydro Company, Inc.
Porterdale Hydroelectric Assoc.
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