Comments on: Cumming having to work hard to keep getting water from Lanier http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/ Keeping you informed about the Georgia drought. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Atlanta Water Shortage » Georgia Drought » Blog Archive » Cumming begins second emergency measure; dredging Lake Lanier http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-908 Atlanta Water Shortage » Georgia Drought » Blog Archive » Cumming begins second emergency measure; dredging Lake Lanier Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:52:43 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-908 [...] few weeks ago, Cumming extended their intake pipe by about 50 feet to help it reach deeper into the lake.  Next Monday they’ll begin the $1 [...] [...] few weeks ago, Cumming extended their intake pipe by about 50 feet to help it reach deeper into the lake.  Next Monday they’ll begin the $1 [...]

]]> By: DoSomethingSonny! http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-374 DoSomethingSonny! Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:10:12 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-374 Government bureaucrats KNOW there is MORE money in reacting to a crisis than there is in planning to avoid one. I still feel someone in the power structure actually wants this tragedy to occur. Government bureaucrats KNOW there is MORE money in reacting to a crisis than there is in planning to avoid one. I still feel someone in the power structure actually wants this tragedy to occur.

]]> By: wspurlock http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-367 wspurlock Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:07:49 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-367 But the really sad part is that they have had years to get ready for something like this. You would have thought that when they reached the 1981 low that once they started to come up that might have triggered some kind of thought process along the lines of what to do in terms of taking steps for future droughts. There is no way that we should be talking about what possible steps to take at this point in time. But the really sad part is that they have had years to get ready for something like this. You would have thought that when they reached the 1981 low that once they started to come up that might have triggered some kind of thought process along the lines of what to do in terms of taking steps for future droughts. There is no way that we should be talking about what possible steps to take at this point in time.

]]> By: rkolter http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-354 rkolter Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:17:30 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-354 Ten pumps, each the size of the one Gainsville has. Difficult. Expensive. Time consuming, but at least possible. The time consuming part is what is bothering me. They've got months, not years. And they haven't started yet. Ten pumps, each the size of the one Gainsville has. Difficult. Expensive. Time consuming, but at least possible.

The time consuming part is what is bothering me. They’ve got months, not years. And they haven’t started yet.

]]> By: mickey http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-353 mickey Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:42:14 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-353 Correct, and that is what the Corps has said they can do. However, they'd need to be pumping 1-2 billion gallons a day over the dam. While I don't doubt it can be done, what kind of pumps would be needed for something like that? Correct, and that is what the Corps has said they can do.

However, they’d need to be pumping 1-2 billion gallons a day over the dam. While I don’t doubt it can be done, what kind of pumps would be needed for something like that?

]]> By: rkolter http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-352 rkolter Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:37:35 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071111/cumming-having-to-work-hard-to-keep-getting-water-from-lanier/#comment-352 So Gainsville could pull 100 million gallons a day, from down to 1025 feet or so? That suggests that there are pumps that can be installed to get the deadpool over the dam. So Gainsville could pull 100 million gallons a day, from down to 1025 feet or so? That suggests that there are pumps that can be installed to get the deadpool over the dam.

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