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 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 December 5, 2007 by Jared Simpson
The Waterblogged.info team was heartened to learn that Georgia state officials, who have done such a great job planning in the past, are confident that Atlanta will not run out of water!
Per the Atlanta Journal Constitution, via Atlanta Water Shortage, there are no plans to deal with a long-term drought in Atlanta. Even though there [...]
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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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Posted on November 3, 2007 by Jared Simpson
The first three words of the prologue of Jeffry Rothfeder’s 2001 book, Every Drop for Sale (at Amazon you can read the prologue; also a comprehensive review here) are The Chattahoochee River, set off from the text that follows with tasteful small caps. The Chattahoochee feeds Lake Lanier, Georgia’s rapidly-depleting primary reservoir.
Titled Beginning: Scenes of [...]
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