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Thursday, October 4, 2007

Drought=no snow at Stone Mountain Park

Stone Mountain Park officials have halted production of a snow-attraction that would have used more than a million gallons of water every 30 days. The Park had begun making a mountain of artificial snow this week—on the same day Governor Perdue urged Georgians to take “shorter showers” to conserve water. Stone Mountain park officials said they had received approval to develop the snow attraction, but understand the concerns of residents in the midst of a historic drought.

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