Atlanta looking to tighten water restrictions
The city of Atlanta wants to tighten their water restrictions, but now has to jump through some hoops.
On May 14, Gov. Perdue signed House Bill 1281, which made it illegal for any local government to override the state’s water restrictions without permission. The Environmental Protection Division is reviewing the request, along with a request to reduce restrictions in Coweta County.
To clear things up, here are the current restrictions for most of north Georgia:
- No sprinklers. Use a hand-held garden hose with an automatic shut-off only. Only one hose at a time.
- Water three days a week: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays for houses with odd-numbered addresses and Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays for houses with even-numbered addresses.
- Water between midnight and 10 a.m.
- Water for 25 minutes only.
- More liberal rules for new landscaping allow sprinklers for ten weeks after planting new grass, shrubs, trees and flowers, on the three-day schedule and limited hours.
- To use the more lenient rules, homeowners must be certified through an on-line course given by the Georgia Urban Agriculture Council at www.urbanagcouncil.com. Certification is also available from each county’s extension agent.
Tags: atlanta, coweta county, epd, perdue, Restrictions
May 27th, 2008 at 5:50 am
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May 27th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
#1 - Does anyone know if Georgia builders are being required to install water-conserving technologies in new homes/apartment buildings, etc., or if there’s any new legislation like this being discussed/considered at this time?
Even after the drought “ends,” we’ll still have too many people continuing to move to Georgia based on our available water supplies.
#2 - Is there a way to identify Chicken Little’s IP number and block him/her from adding any more immature/embarrassing comments? This person is beyond sad (and obviously very, very, lonely).
May 27th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
#1 - No
#2 - No
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