2.2 billion gallons, no biggie

“http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/20/georgia.water.ap/index.html

Don't know if it's been posted yet... was just up at Lanier friday.

Georgia governor threatens to sue Army Corps of Engineers
Dispute centers on state's precious water supply

Tuesday, June 20, 2006; Posted: 12:56 p.m. EDT (16:56 GMT)

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Worried that a drought could be looming, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue said Tuesday the state will sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for draining excessive amounts of water from the state's reservoirs.

Water from Georgia is being sent downstream to Florida to protect endangered sturgeon and mussels. Perdue said the state would seek a temporary restraining order to limit the amount of water the Corps could take from lakes along the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River system.

The Corps acknowledged over the weekend that a faulty gauge at Lake Lanier had allowed 22 billion gallons of water to be released by mistake. Carol Couch, director of Georgia's Environmental Protection Division, said the amount of water mistakenly drained would have been enough to support the city of Atlanta for 118 days.

"It is the Corps' responsibility to properly manage the basin and they have failed in their duty," Perdue said Tuesday.

Perdue said talks with the Corps had been fruitless.

Pat Robbins, spokesman for the Corps of Engineers' Mobile District, said Tuesday he could not comment. "We have not seen or heard anything about this," Robbins said.”

“my mistake i meant 22”

“I read this earlier today. How could you NOT notice a faulty gauge like that?”

“said the gauge was stuck..all they had to do was thump the level indicator.”

“Water management in the Southeast, which at one time was considered to have an inexhaustible supply, will soon be as critical an issue as has been the case in the Southwest.
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“Its a matter of priorities.

Now, which is more important:

A few sturgeons and mussels

or

the billions of gallons of 'The Real Thing' pumped out of Atlanta to the world?”

“Thank God those glaciers are melting. Should be plenty of water soon.”

“LOL...about 5 or so years ago we had a storm in one of the Corps areas...dropped a bunch of trees. Lakehouse owners started clearing up the debris. The "D!ckHeads at Corps fined them....the people went to their Representatives for support...the Reps went to the Corps and were told to KISS OFF.

Oh by the way if you don't know...you can't destroy water...it is MATTER and it cannot be destroyed. Maybe realtered..but not destroyed.
Plus with the GIANT HURRICANE OF DEATH SEASON (what is it we are on our FIFTIETH SINCE THE SEASON BEGAN) lowering the lake levels may be good thinking.
Then next year...the Corps Budget for this area was SLASHED. Wonder oh Wonder...If it had been me in Cong. I would have taken the Slashed budget to General WHOEVER in the Corps office and pointed to it and said,"Remember to thank "insert DH name here" for this budget Slash."
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“HAHA Niblefoot...you're bad.”

“Now, which is more important:

A few sturgeons and mussels

or

the billions of gallons of 'The Real Thing' pumped out of Atlanta to the world?”
~lonesurveyor


You failed to mention the fragile estuaries of Appalachicola Bay. The bay provides 25% of FL's - and 10% of the nations - oysters. The inshore waters provide important habitat for a myriad of other species as well (such as spawning grounds for red drum, the official mascot for the Redneck Riviera) Fresh water is an important component in the OB ecosystem.

Me? I'll have Coronas with my raw oysters - you can have my share of the water...


The water poobahs are meeting today in the A-T-L (that's where I wanna dwell!). They're gonna decide we're in a drought. Watch Monica tonight, bet she confirms my guess.”

“So what harm has been done? Looks to me like it's a case of Chicken Little crying "the sky is falling". Guess all the rich folks with property on Lanier are worried the lake level will drop and they won't be able to launch their boats.”

“Before I say "why do we let them exist" what does the Army Corps of Engineers do that's beneficial? They seem to be great at patching holes and not worrying about the future.”

“BM..they do a pretty good job of maintaining many of the waterways. Sadly like many Government programs you only see them when something goes wrong. Kinda like the Air Traffic Controllers. THey have a perfect record, Never left an airplane up there. But they can land 10,000 aircraft okay but have one crash...and whopsie look for the news reports.”

“I think we should privatize the army corp. of engineers. That way, when 2.2 billion gallons of water disappears, we know that some company will make a profit, instead of the water being wasted on the environment.

BTW - I hope Katrina victims take Sonny Perdue's lead, and sue all the companies that built the levies, and the companies that raked in millions to rebuild New Orleans.”