Comments on: Brother, can you spare a drink of water? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/31/brother-can-you-spare-a-drink-of-water/ Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:41:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Redoubt http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/31/brother-can-you-spare-a-drink-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-16030 Redoubt Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:07:02 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/31/brother-can-you-spare-a-drink-of-water/#comment-16030 That AJC report is highly misleading. There is no oasis of water sports here in Phenix City or Columbus. It’s true enough that our situation is not nearly as dire as Atlanta’s but there is a lot more going on than what you or that big Atlanta rag is talking about. 1. Columbus is considering fines of up to $1000 for water use ban violators. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/story/164765.html 2. Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama draw only a fraction of their water from the same sources as Atlanta. Our reservoirs are mainly fed from tributaries well south of Atlanta and lake Lanier. 3. The Chattahoochee is drying up here. The article in the AJC that called this area an ‘oasis’ is another misperception. I offer this image of the river from the bank in Phenix City. http://www.sincityq.com/blog/images/10hootch1cc.jpg 4. It is true that one city councilman from Columbus suggested removing the current restrictions because of the facts I mentioned above. But that has not been acted upon and so long as this drought continues, it is highly unlikely that it will. I suggest that you take what your read in the Main Scream Media with a gain of salt and then perhaps even research a topic a bit before passing judgment. … That AJC report is highly misleading. There is no oasis of water sports here in Phenix City or Columbus. It’s true enough that our situation is not nearly as dire as Atlanta’s but there is a lot more going on than what you or that big Atlanta rag is talking about.

1. Columbus is considering fines of up to $1000 for water use ban violators.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/story/164765.html

2. Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama draw only a fraction of their water from the same sources as Atlanta. Our reservoirs are mainly fed from tributaries well south of Atlanta and lake Lanier.

3. The Chattahoochee is drying up here. The article in the AJC that called this area an ‘oasis’ is another misperception. I offer this image of the river from the bank in Phenix City.
http://www.sincityq.com/blog/images/10hootch1cc.jpg

4. It is true that one city councilman from Columbus suggested removing the current restrictions because of the facts I mentioned above. But that has not been acted upon and so long as this drought continues, it is highly unlikely that it will.

I suggest that you take what your read in the Main Scream Media with a gain of salt and then perhaps even research a topic a bit before passing judgment.

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