and yet more rain (OT)

[Plymouthy Adams]

  Don Coatney said:

Tim;

With all the flooding in and around Hotlanta are the water shortage issues gone?

Don...that in itself is a good question..the main water supplier for greater meto Atlanta has been Lake Lanier..howver a judge ruled not long back that it was illegal for Georgia to use the water for personal consumption (lake built for pleasure etc) and to decease all use by 2012..(according to the Maya's this is a moot point) I have not been able to find the level of the lake as we discussed this at work week back..

I believe also that Georgia and Tennessee is in a fued over water rights along their shared border..I have always wondered about this though..given..the water is flowing through the state..and to do so the water must flow into the state..it does not stay in one place if a moving river..does the state upstream of this water have a right to state its use..it was their's first..throw me a bone here..

Edited September 26, 2009 by Tim Adams

[Norm's Coupe]

  Tim Adams said:

I believe also that Georgia and Tennessee is in a fued over water rights along their shared border..I have always wondered about this though..given..the water is flowing through the state..and to do so the water must flow into the state..it does not stay in one place if a moving river..does the state upstream of this water have a right to state its use..it was their's first..throw me a bone here..

Tim,

I've read about the Tennessee/Georgia battle over that water along the border. Almost sounds like the battle of the Great Lakes. It's controlled by the states and Canada that border them. Using Lake Michigan as an example. By the rules set up with water usage, only those counties bordering the lake can draw water from it. If a county away from the lake wants to use that water, it has to be approved by the commission that governs the lakes. For example, Milwaukee county had to get approval to sell water to our neighboring Waukesha county when a few of those cities in Waukesha county wanted to draw water from the lake. It's also against the rules to sell water to other states outside the lakes borders. For example, we can't sell water to Iowa or any other state for their use. Seems as though water has become a big commodity, just like oil.

With all the flooding you guys got, hopefully, it will solve some of your drought problems down there. At least there would be some good to the bad flooding that way.