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Susan Norman

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Wednesday, July 4. 2012

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Winder Mayor David Maynard on Tuesday night issued an urgent plea for water customers to conserve water. Water usage is up, but the city’s resources are down.

"The bottom line is I urge all of you to be as conservative with water as possible," Maynard said at the end of the regular meeting of the Winder City Council. He said the municipal system's primary drinking water source, the Mulberry River, is down to a "trickle."

The city also can pull about 850,000 gallons a day from the lake at Fort Yargo State Park and can purchase more Bear Creek Reservoir water from the Barrow County Water & Sewerage Authority, but that is straining the city system, Maynard said.

In fact, the county's water director, Myron Garrett, also asked for the newspaper's help in urging customers to abide by outdoor watering restrictions.

“I am afraid that a large number of our customers are ignoring our water restrictions,” Garrett said.

Water restrictions now in effect for customers of the Winder and Auburn municipal systems, and all customers of the Barrow County Water Department, are as follows:

• Those with even-numbered addresses may water plants and lawns only on Saturday mornings from midnight to 10 a.m.

• Those with odd-numbered addresses may water plants and lawns only on Sunday mornings from midnight to 10 a.m.

“No watering is allowed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.,” Garrett said.

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#1 Michael Robinson on 07/04/12 at 10:53 AM [Reply]

People won't get it until all the easy water is gone. We're a couple of decades away from cheap, easy desalinization, so conservation is important.

It's hard to grasp just how little fresh water there is on this planet until you've studied a shot from a satellite.

#2 howie on 07/04/12 at 11:27 AM [Reply]

We went to Florida last year and it amazes me that they brag about having "non chlorinated, filtered water" at restuarants. I asked about it and the server told me that FL has really only man made fresh water reserves and unlike GA and other states, their fresh water still has that "processed" taste.

It wont be long before we begin to have rationed water supply like they did in Europe in the 90's during Bosnias civil war. I was in a unit that had to moderate a villages water supply each day

#3 Anonymous on 07/04/12 at 11:38 AM [Reply]

At least we ain't on mars, they don't have no water up there.

#3.1 Michael Robinson on 07/04/12 at 11:48 AM [Reply]

Mars has an opposite problem to Earth: plenty of water in the poles, but it's too cold to be practical for humans explorers to use.

#3.1.1 Anonymous on 07/04/12 at 09:02 PM [Reply]

Well they keep saying that there's water there but only a few people have been there and they are the ones that say there is water.If you look at it though it's all a dessert and dry looking so ethereal must not be any useable water.Ifmthey could truly find it then they would be a lot more people up there.

#3.1.1.1 Michael Robinson on 07/04/12 at 09:41 PM [Reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_on_Mars

The reason we haven't sent people there is that even the best engines take 6 months one way, and only if Mars and Earth are close enough together in their orbits.

It'll be a few decades before we figure out how to shield astronauts from radiation for a 3+ year trip and supply them with enough food and water.

#3.1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 07/05/12 at 08:55 AM [Reply]

The tecknowloghy already exists, and if there's so much water there then we don't have to send a whole lot of it with them, they only need enough for a one way trip. Thats what they do now anyway when they are there exploring. But I don't think there is enough water there to support a large population it looks like a dessert.

#4 Anonymous on 07/04/12 at 12:46 PM [Reply]

Watering lawns & plants is 100% unnecessary and should be banned 100% of the time. Landscaping is an idiotic yuppified 20th century contrivance. ( Penn & Teller have another word for it.)

#5 Anonymous on 07/05/12 at 10:18 AM [Reply]

I had no idea that these watering restrictions were in effect! I've been happily watering my lawn 2 to 3 times a week! I guess I'll have to reprogram my sprinklers. Oops!

#6 Anonymous on 07/05/12 at 10:49 AM [Reply]

Maybe the fire department wasted all that water on that fire that wasn't a fire.

#6.1 Anonymous on 07/05/12 at 12:06 PM [Reply]

It could be that them Martians has been coming down here and stealing our water to take back up to mars since their planet is so dry and desserts and all

#6.1.1 Oh That explains it! on 07/05/12 at 02:50 PM [Reply]

I turned the hose on this morning at 8 AM to fill my little pond, and totally forgot the hose was running. When I FINALLY remembered around 2 PM I figured the yard would be flooded. Nope, dry as a bone! Darn Water Stealing Martians.

#6.1.2 Michael Robinson on 07/05/12 at 03:27 PM [Reply]

Commenting while high is not a good idea.

#6.1.2.1 Anonymous on 07/05/12 at 04:20 PM [Reply]

Neither is citing wikipedia as a reputable source. The poor man's encylopedica. Let me guess: You drive a Yugo.

#6.1.2.1.1 Anonymous on 07/05/12 at 05:16 PM [Reply]

I predict that soon you will start seeing green areas on mars from them using our water to correct their global warming problem.

#6.1.2.1.2 Michael Robinson on 07/05/12 at 05:52 PM [Reply]

This positive value of wikipedia was established in another thread. No need to retread it here.

#6.1.2.1.2.1 Anonymous on 07/05/12 at 09:19 PM [Reply]

No, it wasn't "established." You stupidly and stubbornly defended it. That, buddy boy, is NOT the same as "establishing" it. That's like a witness testifying in court as to how he is a truthful person. No, wikipedia is entertainment, and only a court jester cites it as an authoritative source. Back in school you spent a lot of time in the corner wearing a pointy hat, didn't you?

#6.1.2.1.2.1.1 Michael Robinson on 07/05/12 at 09:29 PM [Reply]

That horrible practice fell out of style decades ago. Were you a pointy hat kid? Is that why you're like this now?

I don't hold it against you.

#6.2 Anon on 07/10/12 at 12:54 AM [Reply]

Anyone asked around to see how the new merge is going with city/central dispatching? What I'm hearing is not complimentary. Anyone?

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