When a federal judge three years ago declared Georgians’ use of Lake Lanier as a source of drinking water wasn’t legal, the reactions were clear. Within months of the July 2009 ruling, Hall County officials put the brakes on a permit application for a proposed reservoir in North Hall. At the time, their designs for Glades Reservoir would have supplied the county with some 6.7 million gallons of water per day. County officials returned several months later with a proposal that would yield more than 10 times the drinking water. Georgia officials, too, were on the offensive as a direct result of the ruling, passing an extensive law requiring varying degrees of water conservation in the 2010 legislative session. Gov. Nathan Deal, in one of his first acts in office in 2011, promised to spend some $300 million in state bond money on water supply projects Article source: http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/69551/
Area leaders: Reservoirs are still needed
Posted on July 1st, 2012 in Athens/Gainesville
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