by Associated Press
Published: Wed, October 31, 2007 - 1:38 pm CST
Last Updated: Wed, October 31, 2007 - 1:42 pm CST
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia environmentalists today blamed chronicmismanagement of the Atlanta area's water supply for the water
crisis that has pitted Georgia, Alabama and Florida against each
other.
Instead of pointing fingers at endangered mussels downstream,
officials should be looking at ways the metro-Atlanta region can
better handle growth and encourage conservation, said members of
the Georgia Water Coalition, a consortium of environmental groups.
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Sally Bethea said instead of
building additional reservoirs in North Georgia, as legislative
leaders have suggested, the state should be spurred by the current
drought to look at ways to use what it has more efficiently.
The coalition said the region relies to much on septic tanks,
which are slower than sewer systems in returning waters to rivers.
And the group said water use in the metro Atlanta area is about 70
gallons per person per day. That's nearly twice the 45.2 gallons
per person that is considered to be a conservation level.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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