Loading...Water Contingency Planning Task Force Works Towards Final Recommendations
Earlier this year, Governor Sonny Perdue put together a task force in response to a U.S. District Court ruling that Lake Lanier should not be used as a water supply source for Georgia, and that water use from the lake would cease in 2012. With this ruling, the 3.5 million Georgians who currently depend on Lake Lanier as a water source would be short an estimated 251 million gallons of water each day.
The Governor's Water Contingency Planning Task Force, led by Georgia Chamber members Tim Lowe (Lowe Engineers) and John Brock (Coca-Cola Enterprises), focused on three main categories of solutions: enhancing current conservation efforts, increasing ability to capture rain and ground water and reviewing current control and management policies.
To review the Water Task Force's three presentations, click here.
