Not everyone is suffering in Georgia’s extreme drought. Water well drilling companies are swamped with business.
The search for untapped sources of water to quench lawns is driving-up the call volume to water well drillers. That’s quite the opposite of businesses like landscaping, which have taken a blow in recent months.
When state officials hit north Georgia with a total outdoor watering ban a week-and-a-half ago, water well drillers expected a spike in business. Kandi Bolton is co-owner of Max Bolton Well and Pump Company in Dawsonville. She says calls are up 75-percent in just the last two weeks.
"It is utterly amazing to me the phone calls that come in. It starting kicking I would say the middle of September, but last week was when I really noticed that I could not get off the phone".
Bolton says they would typically handle two work orders a week, but that’s up to at least six now.
She says competing companies in the area are sharing customer calls to help handle the work-load.
The search for untapped sources of water to quench lawns is driving-up the call volume to water well drillers. That’s quite the opposite of businesses like landscaping, which have taken a blow in recent months.
When state officials hit north Georgia with a total outdoor watering ban a week-and-a-half ago, water well drillers expected a spike in business. Kandi Bolton is co-owner of Max Bolton Well and Pump Company in Dawsonville. She says calls are up 75-percent in just the last two weeks.
"It is utterly amazing to me the phone calls that come in. It starting kicking I would say the middle of September, but last week was when I really noticed that I could not get off the phone".
Bolton says they would typically handle two work orders a week, but that’s up to at least six now.
She says competing companies in the area are sharing customer calls to help handle the work-load.
