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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Plan for water conservation bill

As Georgia battles a record drought, a state legislator plans to introduce legislation that would tighten water saving requirements for shower heads, toilets and faucets installed in commercial and residential buildings. Democratic State Representative Karla Drenner of Decatur is proposing the bill. It would require water-saving fixtures in all new residential and commercial construction and in renovations of existing plumbing fixtures. The same bill failed to pass in 2004.

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