I’ve been meaning to writes something from my soapbox about the water situation in metro Atlanta, where poor planning appears to have lead to the region having less than a 3 months’ supply of easily accessible water, and less than 9 months’ of any water at current usage rates, triggering an old-west water rights squabble among the states of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and environmental advocates acting on behalf of an endangered mussel.
However, considering the size and magnitude of the mess, I haven’t really been able to think of anything too insightful to add to the noise.
However, there is an article in the Charlotte Observer about the water woes of Orme, Tennessee that did catch my eye.
The situation in Orme has deteriorated to the point where the town trucks in water thrice weekly, and water is provided to residents’ homes only three hours a day. However, there is a solution on the horizon:
The town has received a $377,590 emergency grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that Reames hopes will be Orme’s salvation. A utility crew is laying a 2 1/2-mile pipe to connect Orme to the Bridgeport, Ala., water supply. The work could be finished by Thanksgiving.
The image of guerrilla water department folks, quickly and surreptitiously running piping from Birmingham, Nashville, and Charlotte to connect into Atlanta’s water mains just flashed through my brain.