Clayton County still has a ton of water left
After fears of drought 20 years ago, Clayton county took action. They built a series of 21 man-made wetlands and reservoirs that allow them to collection 10 million gallons of wastewater each day and convert it to drinking water.
While they still might have problems in about a year, they’ll last much longer than Atlanta will.
It’s a tale of thinking ahead; something the Atlanta leaders have failed miserably to do.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Good for them, but the rest of my Georgia never planned in advance for drought. The state government and federal Reps just hoped for endless rain.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Cities can also treat the water and return it to the source.
It’s slightly more expensive but this kind of approach is the solution.
Better late than never.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
I forgot to add that when I was in London in 1990 someone told me a glass of tap water had been recycled 8 times.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
I should have read the entire article before posting.
It is actually much less expensive to have this natural resevoir. They use 60% less electricity.
This is really encouraging!