Thirsty Atlanta
January 2, 2008 at 10:17 am by Scott Freeman in NewsIn Chattanooga, they’re talking water again: The fact that they have it and we don’t.
And, of course, the speculation that Georgia wants to run a pipeline from the Tennessee River down to Atlanta to give us a boost in water supply. The Chattanooga Times Free Press says no one from Georgia has broached the idea, although Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield said he and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin have talked “more or less about the fact Atlanta is very thirsty.”
But don’t expect much sympathy from our neighbors up north. The paper also includes this quote:
Fred Exum, chief executive of Krystal Co. in Chattanooga, said that piping water to Atlanta would continue “to foster the irresponsible growth that is Atlanta.”
“Drive around down there. You can tell there’s no master plan,” he said. “They just grow and grow and grow.”
Yeah, but, you know, Atlanta’s growth has nothing to do with our drought. Really and truly.
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Metro Atlanta isn’t an “irresponsible growth,” it’s a cancer. Great quality of life, with bucketfuls of traffic but no water? I’m not seeing it.