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It comes from an official in Dalton, but finally there’s a thoughtful reaction to Georgia’s water crisis.

Says Dalton Utilities President Don Cope:

 “You’ve heard the governor (Sonny Perdue) last week make the statement that Georgia has enough water if it conserves,” Cope told the utility’s governing board during its monthly meeting on Monday. “That scares me not for our lives, but for the lives of our grandchildren. It scares me because that approach may not allow us to put in place the long-range planning and development that we need for the water supply.”

State officials have taken an ostrich approach to our water crisis. Development hasn’t caused it. The huge spike in population isn’t responsible. Nor are the millions of ways we waste water. Nope, according to our governor, it’s all in the hands of the big fella upstairs. And it’s definitely not global warming.

Here’s Cope’s reality check:

“I duck hunted in a T-shirt this year. Usually when you duck hunt you’ve got icicles coming off your nose.”

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