Post by L Roebuck on Feb 23, 2008 7:59:44 GMT -5
Atlanta may only need ‘big straw’
Pam Sohn, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Years ago a Georgia planner joked, half seriously, that the Peach State should just “stick a straw” in the Tennessee River to bring water to thirsty Atlanta.
The analogy may turn out to be easier than anyone thought.
Regional cavers are suggesting on their blogs that Georgia take advantage of Tennessee River water backed up years ago by TVA dams into Nickajack Cave and some connected caverns. They say water captured from the Tennessee River flows underground into Georgia and Alabama. If engineers could drill in, then courts might have to decide if the water is groundwater or impounded Tennessee River water.
Tennessee’s Department of Environment and Conservation officials acknowledge the cave drilling idea is a possibility.
There may be a river water connection to cave streams in Georgia, said Tisha Calabrese-Benton, spokeswoman for the department.
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Pam Sohn, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Years ago a Georgia planner joked, half seriously, that the Peach State should just “stick a straw” in the Tennessee River to bring water to thirsty Atlanta.
The analogy may turn out to be easier than anyone thought.
Regional cavers are suggesting on their blogs that Georgia take advantage of Tennessee River water backed up years ago by TVA dams into Nickajack Cave and some connected caverns. They say water captured from the Tennessee River flows underground into Georgia and Alabama. If engineers could drill in, then courts might have to decide if the water is groundwater or impounded Tennessee River water.
Tennessee’s Department of Environment and Conservation officials acknowledge the cave drilling idea is a possibility.
There may be a river water connection to cave streams in Georgia, said Tisha Calabrese-Benton, spokeswoman for the department.
Full Article