Comments on: Good news and bad news for the month of July

By: Ted

Ted — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:36:34 +0000

These charts are very helpful. I can’t find the information anywhere else. Can you tell me where I can find the Lake Lanier level today versus history?

By: dreidson

dreidson — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:34:46 +0000

Josh May, I really don’t think people are going to change their habits long term, nor, really, should they be expected to. Atlanta really shouldn’t be required to have a lifestyle that is different from other similarly sized cities and other large cities in the region. If Lanier is not adequate to supply the water needs of (most of) the metro area, perhaps an additional reservoir is needed. Its one thing to conserve and take extreme measures during a drought, but its a different thing entirely to say “people of Atlanta, you don’t get to water your lawns like the rest of the people in the southeast do” on a permanent basis.

By: Josh May

Josh May — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:51:02 +0000

Also, with good rainfall totals last month, I would surmise that lawn watering should have been reduced, even allowing for a lot of people with robo-hoses. Looking at those year-on-year graphs, its pretty clear that things are getting better in Atlanta. Still, you guys are going to have to do something about water usage in the long term. Grass lawns probably not something to count on in the future. Shade trees and shrubs and ground cover probably more viable than fescue.

By: Chicken Little

Chicken Little — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:48:30 +0000

Great news to share.

Mrs. Little is expecting.

We’re going to name the baby Mussell Little.

BGAAAAAWKKKKKKKKKKK

By: rkolter

rkolter — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:16:57 +0000

Remember that this August, we have a slightly reduced requirement for those Mussels. The COE has also indicated they plan to release less water from Lanier to support downstream flows.

Of course, if the downstream reseveroirs drain down, they may need to release fro lanier anyway.

By: Chicken Little

Chicken Little — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:04:34 +0000

oh THIS is the month

BGAAAAAWWWKKKKK

THE SURGE IS WORKING THE SURGE IS WORKING

By: mickey

mickey — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:14:45 +0000

We log the daily rain totals at Buford Dam in our wiki:

http://atlantawatershortage.com/wiki/index.php/Recent_Rainfall_at_Lake_Lanier

Don’t know about Gainesville, though.

By: guest

guest — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:46:00 +0000

..thanks in advance!

By: guest

guest — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:45:38 +0000

Is there a website covering live the day-by-day rain total in Gainesville, or at the Buford Dam?

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:31:43 +0000

Thanks for providing this insight & commentary. August, September & October will be very telling, indeed.

I am still shocked at the lack of public messaging urging conservation. Guess Sonny just left it up to the local municipalities, and who wants to be a bad guy in your own backyard?

Wish the message were delivered more publicly that we are all stewards of our environment and need to be responsible.