I meant the city of Atlanta itself has huge fines and penalties (not the customers, although I’m sure these costs are passed along).
I hadn’t heard about stuff going on with the customers.
And isn’t there some mess with Lanier and the oyster beds in Alabama?
What a boondoggle.
I am very happy with my rural water company.
You’re right in that Barnes seems clueless as to what the average Joe wants to hear right now. “long term solutions” for Atlanta’s water woes sure don’t help in the short term, and don’t do much for the rest of the state.
It’s kind of like his “join Barne’s mailing list and get in the drawing for Ga. Tech football tickets” considering how many Bulldawg fans there are in this state! LOL
And isn’t there some mess with Lanier and the oyster beds in Alabama?
Lake Lanier supplies water to Georgia, Alabama and Florida. It is run by the Feds so the 3 states battle constantly over who gets what. The incident you refer to happened during the drought. Georgia wanted to slow the flow to keep the lake level up but Alabama said they needed a certain flow rate to get enough oxygen for oyster beds. There is also the charge that you can actually save more water by turning off your lights than using a low-flush toilets because a tremendous amount of water is used in the cooling towers of power plants. Supporters of the power plants call this a zero sum game because all of the water goes back into the air through evaporation but that doesn't do a thing for the lake. It's a terrible mess that shows no sign of improvement.