Last week a group of water experts from around the State of Georgia gathered together in Athens GA to discuss results of their research on water availability in the Southeast at the biennial Georgia Water Resources Conference. Lee Shearer of the Athens Banner-Herald wrote an article this week describing some of the information presented there. Shearer noted that “There were no sessions specifically on climate change in the conference, where dozens of people gave presentations grouped by topic areas such as coastal development, water law, urban streams, stormwater management, flood risk mapping, drought and groundwater. But the changing climate was a thread that ran through the conference as Georgia heats up and weather patterns change.” You can read more about the conference findings and what it means for water availability in Georgia and the Southeast at https://onlineathens.com/local-news/2017-04-24/georgia-gets-hotter-water-gets-scarcer-experts-say.
