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Drought Level 1
For Immediate Release
September 7, 2017
Georgia EPD Eases Watering Limits, Reminds Citizens Year-round Conservation Needed
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) is easing outdoor water use restrictions in 55
counties including metropolitan Atlanta, but reminds Georgians that state law requires some
statewide outdoor watering limits year-round.
“Substantial rainfall over the past few months has led to significant improvement in streamflows
and reservoir levels” said EPD Director Richard Dunn.
The state’s most recent Level 2 Drought Response has focused on Lake Lanier and its tributaries
because they serve as water supply to much of metro Atlanta. Lake Lanier is a federal reservoir
and as such, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages its water levels.
“Due to effective river basin management and above average rainfall, Lake Lanier water levels are
up five feet since the start of the year,” said EPD Director Dunn. “It is typically dry in the
fall, but we expect the lake to continue to refill during the winter. As drought recovery
continues, we urge citizens to be good stewards of our water resources.”
Those counties moving from a Level 2 Drought Response to a Level 1 Drought Response are Cobb,
Coweta, Dekalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, Paulding and White
counties. EPD had already lifted Level 2 restrictions in the remainder of the state.
A Level 1 Drought Response requires permitted public water systems to conduct a public information
campaign to explain drought conditions and the need to conserve water. This decision cancels the
Level 2 Drought Response watering schedule that limited landscape watering to two days per week
based on odd-even address numbers. It also prohibited other types of water use including
non-commercial vehicle washing and pressure washing.
In addition, a Level 1 Drought Response has been lifted in the following Georgia counties:
Athens-Clarke, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton, Dawson, Elbert,
Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Gordon, Greene, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper,
Lamar, Madison, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Pickens, Pike, Putnam,
Rockdale, Spalding, Stephens, Talbot, Taliaferro, Troup, Upson, Walton and Wilkes counties.
Georgians must still follow the non-drought outdoor water use schedule required in the Water
Stewardship Act of 2010. This law allows all types of outdoor water use, but landscape watering
only before 10 a.m. and after 4
p.m. daily. This is done to limit evaporation during the warmest part of the day.
More information about water conservation and drought is available at
https://epd.georgia.gov/water-
conservation.
News Media Contact: Kevin Chambers (404) 651-7970