Posted on June 24, 2008 by Jared Simpson
In a lengthy, well-written article about Georgia’s ongoing water woes, writer Rick Perlstein, via Alternet.org, excoriates the state’s legislators and decision makers (oops, we mean deciders). The subtitle sums it up nicely:
The colossal mismanagement of water in Georgia has produced an urban crisis with no clear solution other than a return to smart government.
The editorial [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Atlanta Water Shortage points to this Popular Mechanic’s story, The Ten Pieces of Infrastructure We Must Fix Now. We’re bursting with self-involved excitement over here at Waterblogged.info because four of the 10 imminent disasters are water related!
Our copy editor is now running three office pools: one to pick the day that Kentucky’s [...]
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Posted on March 9, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Herein, sorely vexed by the fact that an entire hour has been stolen from our lives by a magical process called daylight saving, we sullenly and lazily provide links to a lot of bad news about water, complete with peevish commentary.
Water makes US troop in Iraq sick.
Thanks to Dick Cheney (Where is he now, anyway? [...]
Filed under: Atlanta drought, California water, Water wars, drought | Tagged: Iraq, contaminated water, Atlanta, water hog, Tennessee Georgia Water War, Baghdad water | No Comments »
Posted on March 4, 2008 by Jared Simpson
“Too little, too late,” snarls Governor Sonny Perdue. “We want the Tennessee River’s water, and by golly gumdrops, we’re gonna have it!”
Actually, Perdue didn’t say that, but he could have, because, like the members of the Georgia legislature, he’s a shameless idiot who should be removed from office. The state’s newest solution to persistent drought [...]
Filed under: Atlanta drought, Georgia drought, Southeast drought, Water wars, bottled water, drought | Tagged: Sonny Perdue, Atlanta, water hog, water transfers, water diversion, Ron Littlefield, Tennessee Georgia Water War, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 15, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Onion Radio News’s anchor, Doyle Redland, reports that the beverage industry was “rocked by a new poll” showing that “disease-free water tops the list of world’s favorite beverages.” The astute journalist muses that “many of these people might want potable water for the purpose of adding flavored powders.”
This recent Onion infographic lists the approaches taken [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2008 by Jared Simpson
The Waterblogged.info’s editorial staff is pleased to relay the happy news from Atlanta Water Shortage (AWS) that northern Georgia has recently gotten a good soaking, leading to a 5-inch plus rise in Lake Lanier’s level. (Only twenty more feet to go!)
Waterblogged.info’s take:
Downside: Possibly too little, too late for 2008.
Upside: No more shorter showers! (The Waterblogged.info [...]
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Posted on December 24, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Welcome to Waterblogged.info’s gala holiday special, the really special thing being that we posted at all. Let’s just call our editorial team’s failure to post anything for over a week an intentional and carefully planned holiday hiatus and leave it at that.
And speaking of intention, let’s also point out that we mindfully wrote ten [...]
Filed under: Atlanta drought, California water, Georgia drought, Great Lakes, Water wars, desalination | Tagged: global water problems, Atlanta, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
Posted on December 11, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Due to time constraints imposed by our annoying day gig, we have to keep this brief. The usually reliable and thoughtful Atlanta Water Shortage folks report that Atlanta may have way more usable water than previously thought. AWS–citing a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)–says it may be possible that if and [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Full disclosure: The unnecessarily belligerent title is a word-for-word quotation of a search string* that brought someone to Waterblogged.info. We couldn’t resist using it as a punchy introduction, although Canada isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when we consider the term water hog. That distinction goes to the Dishonorable Chris G. Carlos, [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2007 by Jared Simpson
There are the Chris George Carloses (4th paragraph) of the world, and there are decent folks like the writer of the web log, Atlanta Water Shortage (AWS), which we’ve recommended previously and do so again. The writer states that he or she isn’t a scientist, but he or she definitely displays a scientist’s [...]
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