Cartersville is home to the fourth largest Anheuser-Busch beer production plant in the country. Anheuser-Busch officials are trying to figure out how to conserve more water and have spent the past five months trying to come up with a plan--one that still hasn't been decided upon.
As of now, the company is re-using rinse water for heating and cooling, and asking their some 600 employees to conserve water at home.
Bartow County Chamber of Commerce President Kay Read says if jobs at Anheuser-Busch are affected by the drought, Bartow won't be the only county to suffer.
"The tax revenues come to us, they also go to the state, but they also go to other counties where people travel here to be employed".
Bartow County houses two major water users: Anheuser-Busch and Georgia Power's Plant Bowen--both consume water from the Etowah River.
As of now, the company is re-using rinse water for heating and cooling, and asking their some 600 employees to conserve water at home.
Bartow County Chamber of Commerce President Kay Read says if jobs at Anheuser-Busch are affected by the drought, Bartow won't be the only county to suffer.
"The tax revenues come to us, they also go to the state, but they also go to other counties where people travel here to be employed".
Bartow County houses two major water users: Anheuser-Busch and Georgia Power's Plant Bowen--both consume water from the Etowah River.
