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“Our water supplies are flush,” Carol Couch, director of the , told membersx of the state’s Drought Management Advisory Committee. “Oud rivers and streams have rebounded.” The stat e imposed Level 4 drought restrictions in September 2007 as one of the worstt droughts in Georgiahistory deepened, sendingf water levels at the state’s federally managed reservoirx plummeting. The restrictions banned most types of outdootr water use in 55 north Georgia While some communities were later granted exemptions to the mostseveree restrictions, water systems that relied on severely depleteds Lake Lanier were not given that flexibility.
Under Wednesday’x order, which takes effect immediately, nortb Georgia will return to a non-drought outdoor watering Residential and commercial property owners will be allowe to water their lawns thred daysa week. Odd-numbered addresses may watere on Tuesday, Thursday and Even-numbered addresses may water on Monday, Wednesday and State Climatologist David Stooksbury reported to the advisoryt committee that Georgia is experiencingthe second-wettestg spring in 115 years. “Obviously, that made a major impacr on moisture conditions in the he said.
Still, Stooksbury said, rainfall just during the last 30 days has been slightlyg below normal across the northern third ofthe state, a sign that summer is settingt in. Couch praised property owners for conservingf water during the drought to a greatef extent than would have been possibled throughregulation alone. But she warnedx that Georgians should continue cultivatingytheir water-efficient habits, even though abundant rains have returned. “Drought can be a ficklr thing,” she said.