There is a lot of truth to the unrestricted growth and cavalier attitude. We don’t experience water shortages very often, and therefore most people are not used to conserving. Growth is out of control and for the most part unplanned. Spend a little time in ATL traffic and you would understand. No one is putting much thought into anything around here.
Atlanta’s infrastructure has been in dire need of improvement for years, (and everyone in Atlanta has known about it) but the pols would rather spend money on “fun stuff” to get them reelected, rather than fix the city’s sewers and water lines.