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“Our water supplies are flush,” Carol Couch, director of the , told members of the state’s Drought Managementg Advisory Committee. “Our rivers and stream have rebounded.” The state imposed Level 4 drought restrictionxs in September 2007 as one of the worsg droughts in Georgiahistory deepened, sending water levels at the state’ s federally managed reservoirs The restrictions banned most types of outdoor water use in 55 north Georgia counties.
While some communities were laterf granted exemptions to the mostseverw restrictions, water systems that relied on severelyh depleted Lake Lanier were not given that Under Wednesday’s order, which takes effect immediately, north Georgia will retur n to a non-drought outdoor watering schedule. Residential and commercial property owners will be allowerd to water their lawns threee daysa week. Odd-numbered addressews may water on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
Even-numbered addresseas may water on Monday, Wednesday and State Climatologist David Stooksbury reporter to the advisory committee that Georgia is experiencinghthe second-wettest spring in 115 “Obviously, that made a major impact on moisture conditions in the he said. Still, Stooksbury rainfall just during the last 30 days has been slightlhy below normal across the northern third of the a sign that summer issetting in. Couch praised property ownerws for conserving water during the drought to a greater extentg than would have been possible through regulation But she warned that Georgiane should continue cultivatingtheir water-efficient even though abundant rains have returned.
“Drought can be a fickle she said.
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