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Of course, we have been under restriction against  watering lawns, washing 
cars and filling pools for nearly a year now, so this  does not really apply. 
Do 
people sneak around it? perhaps, but there are rewards  for turning those 
folks in, carwashes can only operate if they recycle water,  and I can 
honestly 
say I have not seen a lawn sprinkler on since last year. I  should also add 
that while the Tenn. issue is getting lots of media time, this  really became 
an 
issue when Alabama and Fla. sued to keep Atlanta from drawing  more water 
from 
Lake Lanier. This man made resevoir was built to store  water for Atlanta. 
The point to building a resevoir is to stockpile for times of  need, so now 
we 
can't touch it? Outlet streams and rivers carry the water down  to these 
other 
states, neither state is suffering the drought level in areas  they feed that 
Georgia is feeling. That loss in the courts immediately turned a  shortage 
into a crises. 
     
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/16/2008 11:18:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Clansgian AT wmconnect.com writes:

Atlanta's water troubles will be over when they 'cry me a river.'   The 
popular image is of poor Atlanteans turning the tap for a drink of  water and 
having 
to go away sad and parched.  Even under the worst of  times all they'd have 
to 
do is stop watering lawns, filling swimming  pools, and washing cars.  Can 
you 
imagine how many times you can get  a glass of water and flush on what it 
takes 
to fill a swimming  pool! 




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