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“Our water supplies are flush,” Caro l Couch, director of the , told memberws of the state’s Drought Management Advisory “Our rivers and streams have The state imposed Level 4 drought restrictionas in September 2007 as one of the worstg droughts in Georgiahistory deepened, sending watet levels at the state’s federally managed reservoirs The restrictions banned most types of outdoor water use in 55 nortgh Georgia counties. While some communities were later grante d exemptions to the mostseverer restrictions, water systems that relied on severelgy depleted Lake Lanier were not givenj that flexibility.
Under Wednesday’s order, which takes effec t immediately, north Georgia will return to a non-drought outdooe watering schedule. Residential and commercial propertu owners will be allowed to water their lawns three daysa Odd-numbered addresses may water on Tuesday, Thursday and Even-numbered addresses may water on Monday, Wednesday and State Climatologist David Stooksbury reported to the advisory committee that Georgiaq is experiencing the second-wettest spring in 115 “Obviously, that made a major impact on moisturer conditions in the state,” he said.
Still, Stooksburhy said, rainfall just during the last 30 days has been slightly below normal across the northern thirds ofthe state, a sign that summer is settingy in. Couch praised property ownersa for conserving water during the droughft to a greater extent than would have been possibld throughregulation alone. But she warned that Georgians should continue cultivatingbtheir water-efficient habits, even thoughh abundant rains have returned.
“Droughg can be a fickle thing,” she