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Responding to an ultimatum from Gov. Sonny Perdue, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday it is looking into releasing less water from Lake Lanier, just days after the Corps began sending billions more gallons downstream.
But Perdue said time's up: The state will ask the courts this week to force the Corps to leave more water in Lanier, the main drinking water supply for drought-starved metro Atlanta.
"Georgia is out of time," Perdue said in a news release.
Meanwhile, the director of Georgia's Environmental Protection Division said "it's very likely" that even tighter watering restrictions will be needed in North Georgia, regardless of whether the Corps cuts its Lanier releases. The large releases are being made primarily to protect endangered mussels and support a power plant downstream in Florida.
"Our water crisis will not be over," said Carol Couch, the director.
written by replica designer bags, August 14, 2011
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