July 2nd, 2008 10:35am PST
Posted By Brant D. Keller
Several
years back, I wrote an editorial for
Stormwater titled “
The Dust Bowl,
Clean Water Act, and Sediment TMDLs: What Do They All Have in Common?” The
subject matter dealt with sediment loading and the lack of progress over the
years to effectively limit sediment from entering our streams and rivers. The
USEPA is currently developing Effluent Limitation Guidelines. There have been
major challenges...
June 2nd, 2008 1:03pm PST
Posted By Brant D. Keller
The Southeast region is heading into the continuation of the drought of 2007. Actually, Georgia has been in a drought cycle since 2000. Georgia has had 55 counties under extreme drought watch—drought level four—since the fall of 2007, and just weeks ago six counties were relieved to be classified to drought level two.
The effect has been devastating to local utilities. The City of Griffin, a medium-sized water system, forecasted a revenue loss of $750,000.00. Cobb County Water...