Partial relief has arrived for north Georgia residents under tough outdoor watering restrictions. Drip irrigation and soaker hoses are now OK to use for up to one hour--three days a week before 10am. However, the state’s top environmental official says nothing else has changed. State Enviromental Protection Division head Carol Couch says the 55-county north Georgia region remains in a record-setting drought, now moving into a fourth year.
Couch says the increase in north Georgia water use would be in a range she sees as acceptable. However, with an unreasonable rise in water use or worsening drought, the loosened restrictions could again be tightened in the future.
Couch says the increase in north Georgia water use would be in a range she sees as acceptable. However, with an unreasonable rise in water use or worsening drought, the loosened restrictions could again be tightened in the future.
