Lawrenceville has developed an emergency water plan
(via AWS reader David O’Bannon) Lawrenceville appears to be the first metro-area city to develop a plan in case the water runs dry.
Part of their plan is to reopen some old wells, which we knew about a few weeks ago. They’ve taken that further and they’re working on plans to determine how best to distribute that water. Part of the plan involves pickup-mounted 200 and 300 gallon water tanks that would distribute water at four points throughout the city. The four distribution points are:
- Central Gwinnett High School
- The old K-Mart at the corner of Duluth Highway and Hurricane Shoals Road
- Margaret Winn Holt Elementary School
- The parking lot adjacent to the Rhodes Jordan Plant at the intersection of US 29 and Highway 124.
Residents would be allowed to bring one-gallon jugs to fill.
Councilman Mike Crow put it best — “Hopefully, nothing like this will ever occur in Lawrenceville, but we need to move forward to obtain the equipment and support for the Utilities Department to implement the plan.” That’s the thought that every part of north Georgia should have right now.
In addition, Crawford Long/Emory Hospital has reportedly stockpiled 40,000 gallons of bottled water, and have additional water stored beneath the hospital.
I expect we’ll see many more of these plans being developed over the next few weeks, as the lake level goes lower and lower. While there seems to be little that can be done to remedy the drought in the near-term, there is a lot of planning that needs to be done in case things eventually run dry. Props to Lawrenceville for being the first to take that step.
November 15th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Compost toilets, are must consideration,…….. bathing water, ect which is considered gray water should be routed , and treated to be used again for bathing in lieu of potable water.
Rain barrrels should be acquired to catch water off of houses and commercial buidlings.
Vermicomposting toilets, and other toilets though expensive can save the waste of our most precious commodity water.
We made the mistake with oil……………. and now we can’t make a mistake that reduces the capability for mankind to survive as a species.
Politics of common sense must be addressed Now and not allow the fools of folly to continue to waste time…………..for denial of this problem will only manifest itself with further problems………….and make us vunerable to global attack by our enemies.
Farmers and the common folklore of our past …………..didn’t waste…….the land and it is time we partner with Mother Earth.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely, Larry Hawkins: Conservative and Enviromentalist.