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Georgia water shortage
Foxnews.com ^ | 10/17/07 | Associated Press

Posted on 10/18/2007 3:55:58 AM PDT by msrngtp2002

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To: Brilliant

Let the water supply run out, and it will.


61 posted on 10/18/2007 6:47:50 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: Lazamataz
Give us yer f&*$in' water or we'll kill yer a&&.

Tennessee will see your nukes and raise you 250,000 pissed off rednecks with shotguns, four wheel drives and plenty of water......

62 posted on 10/18/2007 6:50:47 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Thinking of voting Democrat? Wake up and smell the Socialism!)
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace

The guys running the dam SHOULD have simply looked at the lake, which was OBVIOUSLY _WAY_ below where it should have been. Instead, they were slavishly obedient to a broken depth gauge, which told them to let _lots_ of water out.

Once the busted gauge was fixed, they SHOULD have slowed the release at least a bit until the lake was re-filled.

(FYI: I live a mile from the lake.)


63 posted on 10/18/2007 6:52:11 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: doodad

Report them! Water restrictions are moving to a zero-tolerance policy (water lawn, water supply gets shut off).


64 posted on 10/18/2007 6:54:25 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: doodad

There’s a simple middle ground. Water just enough to keep plants alive...they don’t need to look lush and green. Grass goes dormant but will green back up. Trees will tell you when they NEED water and at that point give them a good deep watering. Not this three times a week stuff.


65 posted on 10/18/2007 6:56:18 AM PDT by RockinRight (The Council on Illuminated Foreign Masons told me to watch you from my black helicopter.)
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To: doodad

My brother lives in the area and says, “Now is the time to take some heavy equipment into the lakes and actually make them deeper. Lanier is always dirty because it is so shallow.” So, why not make them deeper when they are bone dry?


66 posted on 10/18/2007 6:58:11 AM PDT by q_an_a
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To: Liberty Ship
They are saying we have 80 days of drinking water left. ... One of the big reasons we are being bled dry is to protect some endangered mussels

Well, in about 90 days the Endangered Species Act won't apply to the situation, will it?
/sarc

67 posted on 10/18/2007 7:01:44 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: 1Old Pro

Well, while lawns are part of the problem, the real issue is large scale commercial agricultural irrigation. That’s where the real large water uses are.

And I don’t know of too many places where wetlands are being irrigated outside of where they’re used to naturally treat wastewater discharges.


68 posted on 10/18/2007 7:08:48 AM PDT by Air Force Brat
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To: Broker
If we triple the cost of water now, it will not impact anybody until DECEMBER and by then, we will stink from no showers. You will be remote officing from Chattanooga and I will camp at my better neighbors house for his well water.

The Atlanta situation is starting to remind me of the premise for the musical "Urinetown", where water is so scarce, everyone has to pay to go to the toilet and, if you can't afford it -- well, you're done away with.

69 posted on 10/18/2007 7:11:52 AM PDT by randita
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To: Babsig

Being in GA, let me say: keep it, then.

You have your “homegrown” water supply. We certainly appreciate the overrun, but if you need all you have and it’s yours then keep it; if we don’t have what we need, that’s our problem.

The problem with having the governors seize the water supplies via the National Guard is that the National Guard is really part of the Army, which also owns the Corp. of Engineers which (legally and/or practically) owns the water supplies (lakes, dams). Tellling the Army to go seize something from itself won’t help.


70 posted on 10/18/2007 7:14:13 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: q_an_a
Lanier is always dirty because it is so shallow

Lanier is always dirty because of all the traffic on the lake. I remember back in the 70's when you could see the bottom of the lake in 20' of water in the summertime. We used to dive for golf balls off shore from the Lake Lanier Islands golf course. You could easily see golf balls from 20-25' away. Not so anymore.....

71 posted on 10/18/2007 7:19:42 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Thinking of voting Democrat? Wake up and smell the Socialism!)
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To: Babsig; fix
Ah. Now I see the issue more clearly. Initially I was thinking Hartwell was entirely in SC, in which case do as you like. Thing is...it's not, and that's where things could get...interesting.


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Ya see, half the lake is in GA. Half the dam is in GA. And ALL of the water control is in GA. Any suggestions before GA opens the spigot?

72 posted on 10/18/2007 7:24:35 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: sam_paine

I agree about motivations but surely you’re not suggesting we don’t do our part.

BTW, just heard on the radio, Douglas County is turning off the water of anyone they catch violating the outdoor ban. $1,000 restoration fee. Pretty compelling!!


73 posted on 10/18/2007 7:37:54 AM PDT by rightthinkingwoman
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To: doodad

“How his hands were tied and they could not legally do anything etc.”

This is the standard Corp answer, their Nuremburg defense while they bribe more congress creeps with make work projects in their district. I say do away with the fake engineers.


74 posted on 10/18/2007 7:38:51 AM PDT by A Strict Constructionist (We have become an oligarchy not a Republic.)
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To: buck61

Walla Walla Sweets are the best.


75 posted on 10/18/2007 7:47:12 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: msrngtp2002

Water in Atlanta is already expensive due to an issue with sewage treatment plants. (long story demonstrating decades of ignorance) Our normal water bill runs around $120/month. That is for a family of 7, without much yard watering.


76 posted on 10/18/2007 7:49:57 AM PDT by ga medic
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To: rightthinkingwoman; msrngtp2002
I agree about motivations but surely you’re not suggesting we don’t do our part.

I'm suggesting that "doing our part" is a poor motivator for human behavior compared to "owning our part."

And I'm just parroting older and smarter people than myself, like maybe Aristotle!

For example, indexing the monthly pricing for water to the level of the resevoir would get you a much better feedback/control system than arbitrary nanny-state police punishment of $1000 fines.

What msrngtp said is closer to this solution than fines and feel-goodery.

77 posted on 10/18/2007 7:58:14 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: arbooz

I saw a story on one of the public water leaks. The water was just flowing out from beneath the street curbing, and people living nearby showed up with buckets to catch the water and take it back home to water plants. They reported the leak to the city, and were told that it would be added to the long list of public water leaks to be fixed.


78 posted on 10/18/2007 8:02:46 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Thermalseeker

I stand corrected


79 posted on 10/18/2007 12:29:18 PM PDT by q_an_a
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To: buck61

Try the Texas 1015 onion.


80 posted on 10/19/2007 2:18:31 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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