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Posted: 4:29 a.m. Friday, June 29, 2012

Athens Drinking Water Now Coming from Reservoir

By Tim Bryant

It is another indicator of northeast Georgia’s deepening drought: Athens-Clarke County officials say Athens is now drawing all of its drinking water from the Bear Creek Reservoir. That’s because the Oconee River is, for now, too low to serve as a source of water.

 
 
 

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