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http://www.newsdaily.com/TopNews/UPI-1-20071204-11331200-bc-us-drought.xml

Atlanta's water supply drying up

ATLANTA, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Drought is forcing officials to dive deep into
area lakes to ensure water keeps flowing to metro Atlanta.

Cobb County officials are awaiting a U.S. Corps of Army engineers permit to
dredge the base of a water intake tower on Lake Allatoona to see if the
lowest intake gate, unused since the mid-1960s, is operable, the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution said. County officials say temporary pipes to deeper
parts of lakes are a contingency plan against receding water levels in
lakes that supply the region.

Atlanta's water treatment plant also hasn't been able to draw as much
water, so officials have spent $500,000 extra on chemicals to assist in
treatment.