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Emergency Declared in Drought-hit Georgia, U.S.
October 21, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Environmental Health
" We are experiencing the single worst drought in North Georgia's history. I have declared an emergency in 85 of Georgia's counties due to the threat of water supply in the northern part of our state, " Perdue said on the shore of a receding Lake Lanier.
He also sent a letter to President Bush, asking him to declare north Georgia a major disaster area.
Rainfall in the area is about 15 inches below normal for the year. Lake Lanier, the main water source for the Atlanta area's 5 million residents, is nearing historically low levels.
Perdue said the state would seek an injunction forcing the Army Corps of Engineers to reduce the flow of water from the lake.
"The Corps is sending 3.2 billion gallons of water downstream out of Georgia reservoirs every day," Perdue said. "That's enough to fill three-and-a- half Olympic-size swimming pools every minute."
The Corps -- under an agreement reached in the 1980s with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -- releases 5,000 feet of water per second from the dam between the manmade lake and the Chattahoochee River.
The released water is used by power plants in Florida and Alabama and helps keep endangered mussels and sturgeon alive.
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