Atlanta Water Shortage

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has until June 1 to review a new proposal that would reduce the amount of water being released from Lake Lanier by about 10%. However, some are already complaining that it’s not enough. According to Pat Stevens, the Atlanta Regional Commission’s environmental planning chief, the lake would only be about one foot higher right now if this plan had been in place back when the drought began. A foot would certainly help, but not much.

This new plan, if passed, would be in effect for about three years. They are working on a new “official” plan, and this move would simply be for the interim.