In the face of the state’s historic drought, Governor Sonny Perdue was in Newton County Wednesday to shine a light on a food production plant’s water conservation efforts.
Perdue lauded a General Mills plant in Covington and its state-of-the-art water treatment facility. Company officials say since coming on-line two years ago, the system has cut the plant’s water costs in half by recycling water. They say the system has saved 100-million gallons of water so far.
Perdue says those savings can grow the surrounding area:
"It means that the cap-the permitting capacity of water treatment that this community was under, will be able to be utilized for more people who want to come here, and to grow the community economically, grow it from a talent perspective and grow it from a employee perspective".
Perdue says north Georgia needs to keep saving water to boost the region’s largest reservoirs.
Last month, Lake Lanier got some help from Mother Nature--rain from Tropical Storm Fay help raise Lanier by almost 2-and-a-half feet.
Perdue lauded a General Mills plant in Covington and its state-of-the-art water treatment facility. Company officials say since coming on-line two years ago, the system has cut the plant’s water costs in half by recycling water. They say the system has saved 100-million gallons of water so far.
Perdue says those savings can grow the surrounding area:
"It means that the cap-the permitting capacity of water treatment that this community was under, will be able to be utilized for more people who want to come here, and to grow the community economically, grow it from a talent perspective and grow it from a employee perspective".
Perdue says north Georgia needs to keep saving water to boost the region’s largest reservoirs.
Last month, Lake Lanier got some help from Mother Nature--rain from Tropical Storm Fay help raise Lanier by almost 2-and-a-half feet.
