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Originally Posted by Trae
Maybe the construction of more area lakes will help. They can also provide good recreational purposes. DFW went through I drought last year, and their area lakes (about 12 I think) kept them through it.
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Atlanta has only two large equivalent lakes rather than 12. Houston is in a similar situation to Atlanta, except that your two lakes are much bigger than even Lake Lanier (the bigger of Atlanta's two). Houston also gets a crapton more rain and, I believe, even has desal contributing to the water supply.
Put simply, Atlanta is the only major metro area (5+ million) that relies on such a small source of water. It was only a matter of time before something like this happened. The only true long-term steps Georgia has taken to solve this problem is to study the feasibility of desal on the Georgia coast.