Comments on: Putting a little drama into Georgia’s water woes

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:40:37 +0000

Why look at Tennessee? Georgia has the Atlantic Ocean. Build a desalination plant like Tampa. I doubt any amount of building in Atlanta could drain the Atlantic Ocean.

By: Smanson

Smanson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:49:17 +0000

I don’t see why the environmentalists care about letting the lake/reservoir have proper water levels to accommodate people’s boats and lake houses. At any rate I think fulfilling our state’s water needs should be more important anyway.

By: Felipe11

Felipe11 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:34:56 +0000

Governor Perdue just needs to focus on securing Georgia’s water needs through conservation and water infrastructure development. His talk of playing hardball with the other states, his threats about bringing up archaic cases and environmental records, and his appointment of Michael Garrett to quarterback the state’s efforts in the water wars just speaks of pointless political posturing. The state needs someone else in the quarterback position, Garrett, as Georgia Power CEO, is too wrapped up in conflict of interests, where Georgia is benefited by certain water policy, and Georgia Power or its parent organization Southern Co makes more money off of other ones.

By: lawrence55

lawrence55 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:41:34 +0000

It sounds like the Hall County reservoir was intended to be for real estate development more than for drinking water if the environmentalists are arguing about water levels for lake house docks. Where will the water from this reservoir come from? If it’s all from the Chattahoochee, but just above Lake Lanier, the reservoir will be more likely to further muddle the current negotiations than to solve any of the underlying problems that caused the dispute to begin with.

By: renem

renem — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:07:32 +0000

Georgia’s willy-nilly approach to this water dispute seems to be causing more confusion than addressing the real issues at stake. We have Governor Perdue running around threatening to play hardball with Alabama, Florida and Tennessee while his chief negotiator and Southern Company shill, Mike Garrett, talks about how well negotiations are going. I applaud the efforts to create new reservoirs, but Perdue and company seem more interested in waiting to see how the federal court case and current negotiations end before addressing that issue. Not a good sign that one of Perdue’s fist moves as Gov. was to scuttle Governor Barnes plans to build several new reservoirs for Atlanta. Time to get on the same page, y’all.

By: GoOx

GoOx — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:05:05 +0000

Deal, Real, Steal, I wonder how much Deal will make from this transaction?

By: Dash Riptide

Dash Riptide — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:04:22 +0000

“They’ll.” I meant “they’ll.”

By: Dash Riptide

Dash Riptide — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:03:00 +0000

I’m guessing somebody is treating the thing like a stolen garden gnome or something. I look forward to a “Where in the World is the Camack Stone?” video on YouTube. That Matt guy is old news.

I’m not sure how I’ll make the stone dance, though.

By: Mr. Geiger

Mr. Geiger — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:34:32 +0000

Well, that land over in Dawsonville can’t be used for much else given its radioactive past. So, may as well flood the place and use it to store drinking and bathing water.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:23:41 +0000

What do “environmentalists” actually DO for a living?