Chamblee54

The GM plant in Doraville is shut down. The vultures are circling the acreage. Some want to build a new stadium for the Falcons. Others want a mixed use project, with residential and commercial buildings. The area needs either one like a submarine needs a screen door.
PG has an idea for the GM property. The government should build a water reservoir on that land. Perhaps we could divert Nancy Creek and Peachtree Creek to get the water. Maybe we could pump out groundwater.
This may not be the right answer. PG is neither an engineer or a scientist. The environmental impact of having an auto plant on the land for fifty years may be too great to overcome. The land may be too small to make much difference. No doubt the expense would be great, and it might not be cost effective.
Something needs to be done about the water crisis in Atlanta. We have a metropolis of five million people getting water from an overgrown trout stream. Our governments have failed us. They have allowed rampant development, without any thought given to where the water is going to come from.
It is time to quit whining about Alabama and Florida, and find another source of water. There are not going to be any cheap solutions. If the Tennessee River is accessed… a very big if…we will need a pipeline through the mountains to get the water to Atlanta. We might need to use every bit of unused land in the area to build reservoirs, and it still might not be enough.
If the Doraville reservoir was in place now, we could be saving all of this rain we are getting. Put it away for a dry day when we need it. The next drought could start tomorrow. We are going to need bold, expensive measures to solve this problem. The water shortage could do to Atlanta what the levee breaking did to New Orleans. The time to prepare is now.