Gov. Perdue’s water meter has been broken for two years

[donsu]

http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/


The man that is telling us all to conserve water has no idea how much he’s using; the water meter at his Buckhead mansion has been broken for over two years.

The city has about 15 million gallons per day that go unaccounted for, and one of the biggest reasons is broken water meters like this and about 6500 others around town.
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and

Atlanta may lose rights to some of Lake Allatoona’s water

With the water level in Lake Allatoona also getting quite low, the city of Atlanta may no longer be able to use it as a secondary source of water, as the residents in Cobb, Douglas and Paulding counties will need to conserve what is left.
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and

Again we ask — when will Lanier run out?


We’re going to dig a bit deeper into the numbers we posted a few days ago. I’ll give the starting numbers so that those of you mathematically inclined and try your hand at it and maybe improve what we post.

-snip holds stats, math, etc.-
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guessing game as to when the water runs out

does Perdue have a second home in some other state with plenty of water?

[R_M]

1. I have no sympathy for Georgia or any other of these....

suburban sprawl communities. They are building up too quickly and using water for their lawns and golf courses.
Not always the common perons's fault though. It is the fault of politicians who allowed sprawl to occur.

[donsu]

2. have sympathy for them - what power did they have?

and some of them may be your neighbors after the water runs out.

[panader0]

3. The water thing has been a big issue here in Ariz for years

We have CAP water, but once Tucson was the largesr city in the world (I believe) to exist on ground water.
And still they build golf courses. Here in Sierra Vista, about 80 miles SE of Tucson, there is the San Pedro Riparian area, whose waters are depleted by the growth of not onle the city itself, but the large armt base here.

[Wcross]

4. How about if my water runs out?

I bought an existing home in a rural area. I am on a well, I only wash clothing once a week & only one load. I conserve water as much as I possibly can, I shut off the shower head when lathering up, I don't water my lawn & even decided to let my garden die rather than water it. I haven't washed my vehicle in over a year.
Some of my neighbors wells have run dry, mine could go any day now. The fact is it hasn't rained in any substantial amount in over a year. Nobody can make it rain. Drought is drought and it isn't in mans hands.

[R_M]

5. Tell that to the millions of morons who water their lawns everyday...

and have to have massive golf courses. There is only so much water to go around. If people in these sprawl areas want more water, they should conserve by not watering their stupid golf courses.

[kdmorris]

8. But that's not everyone

Not having sympathy for those people does not stop me from having sympathy for the others who don't water their lawns, who conserve water and who have lived in Atlanta for 30 years. They didn't ask for these other people to show up and build the "sprawl".

You say you have no sympathy for Atlanta or any other city that runs out of water. But the people who water golf courses and continue to water their lawns are generally the most wealthy. Have you no sympathy for the people who will suffer?

It's most of the southeast, you know. NOT just Georgia. There have been no tropical systems come through in over two years. As much as these storms bring destruction to my state, they also bring lots and lots of rain. Every year the dumbasses in the South Florida Water Management district release tons of water from Lake Okeechobee "in case" we get a hurricane. And then, every year, we have a drought because all the water has been put back in the sea.

I don't waste water. Don't water my lawn EVER and only water my fruit trees when it's not the rainy season. We take short showers, wash clothes every two weeks, never wash the car, conserve as much as possible. But, if southeast Florida runs out of water, you will have no sympathy for us because the assholes around us have to water there golf courses. Do you think *I* have the power to make them stop doing that?

Your attitude is really lacking in the most basic human emotions.

[kdmorris]

9. Yeah, cause ALL of Georgia is suburban sprawl!

:eyes:

[XemaSab]

11. I see your hobby is SWIMMING...

Interesting.

So where do you live that you think you won't run out of water, pray tell? :shrug:

[XOKCowboy]

6. I'm in Atlanta right now.

The group I'm working for used a city fire hydrant on Friday and couldn't get it to turn completely off. It's been leaking (actually more like flowing) down the street ever since. We've notified the city but so far no response. A city with a water crisis? Yea sure. Heck with conservation, let's kill fish in Florida so the people of Georgia can keep their lawns green.

[donsu]

7. when do you think reality will sink in and panic start?

next wk.

next mo.? depending if there is water next mo.

will Atlanta go through the holidays with little or no water?

[napi21]

10. I wish I coulod answer you, but I can't. I've been thinking about this for

quite a while. How would our family survive without water? My cousin from out of state asked me that 2 weerks ago. I jokingly said well, I could stop drinking water and switch to beer. Obviously that was a joke, and there are thinks you just can't do with anything else but water. You can't wash clothes (even though I only wash them once every ten days or so), my dogs need water to survive, I run the dishwasher once a week and only use that method because I've been told that if you only run it infrequently like that, you use less water than you would hand washing every day. I never water the lawn, and although I did use a watering can to water 2 chestnut trees we just planted in May 2007 and even then only when the ground tested very dry, I never water anything else outside. We used to wash the car about once a month. We filled a bucket about 1/2 full of water and added a little washing agent to it. Wipe the car down with that, then quickly hose it off. We haven't washed the car for 3 months! We've adopted the "if it's yellow it's mellow" program and it's really no problem here because there's only 2 or us, and my husband is working most of the time. I tried to recover the evaporated water from our A/C, but the outlet is about 1/2 inch from the ground so I can't figure out how to do that. Plus is't imaterial now because I haven't had the A/C on for almost 2 months. I've honestly run out of other ways to conserve water.

FWIW, most of the communities you spoke about who always watered their lawns now have a "water patrol" that drive around looking for violators, and they use those occasional GREEN LAWNS as a tip off! If this patrol finds your sprinkler's running, orproof you have watered ourdoors, they shut your water OFF! The first time, I don't think the fine is very much, but repeat offenders can get fined $1,000.