Atlanta Urinals, Fountain Run Dry as UPS, Coke Fight Drought

Bloomberg by Mary Jane Credeur, Laurence Viele Davidson | Nov. 1, 2007 (News Report)

Dry is the goal as United Parcel Service Inc., Coca-Cola Co. and other companies in the Atlanta area rally to cut water use in response to the region's most extreme drought since at least the 1920s. Metropolitan Atlanta, which has added more new residents than any other U.S. city since 2000, may face limits on growth if the shortage persists, business officials said. Full Story »

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by Michelle Figaro - Apr. 5, 2010

The article is all about reiterating things that The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Georgia's Governors, and executives of big companies have said and done to reduce the water consumption among them, and to encourage Georgians themselves to reduce their consumption. Also the article sources almost all of its statements.

This is the right idea: reduce consumption and then save time, energy, and money in cleaning and filtering impure water for use, while retaining reservoirs of clean water that wouldn't have to be excessively filtered.