Atlanta Water Shortage

Fresh Loaf has a lengthy post about the other things that need water from Lanier, and it’s not just endangered fish.

A quip from the post:

In a phone interview last night with Maj. Ronald Payne, deputy commander of the USACE Mobile District, the office which oversees Lake Lanier, he said, “If we shut down Lake Lanier, we’d have to shut down a lot of operations downstream.” Which in turn would shut down those who rely on those operations, a trickle-down domino effect of huge proportions. Much like Lake Lanier and our region are dependent on rain, the operations downstream, for the most part, are dependent on Lanier.

It’s a good read.  Check it out.

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