No Water Left to Fill Georgia's Newest Reservoir

Georgia's newest dam is nearing completion, but the creek that would normally fill it is running at barely at trickle - just 20% of its normal flow, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The reservoir is to be used for drinking water back up, but it could take two years to fill at this rate.

It's just the latest indication that the Southeast drought, the most severe on record, is causing serious problems for the region. It also demonstrates how far behind Georgia and other states in the region are on developing backup and contingency plans for supplying drinking water during dry times. Development has sprawled out so aggressively that in most cases, no adequate planning was done to ensure there would be adequate water to supply the new population.

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