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- Local News: Tainted Water | water, chemicals, smith – NewsChannel 9
- Tri-state water deal aids Atlanta’s supply
- Tennessee Town Has Run Out of Water
- BRIEF: Rain slightly boosts water supply.

Local News: Tainted Water | water, chemicals, smith – NewsChannel 9
WTVC – Nov 1, 2007
“Recently it's come out that the chemicals evaporate into the air and that's causing us to inhale the chemicals,” Smith said. Some temporary help is now on the way for families using well water. “The contractor that's doing the investigation is also going to be putting some filter systems on these private water supplies to try and clean it up until an alternative water supply can be determined,” Wood said. Since this problem appears to be growing and affecting more people the EPA and Northrup Grumman will hold two public meetings next Thursday at the Peachtree Community Center. Companies hired to monitor the soil and water in the area will be drilling new test wells in the coming weeks to help scientists find out just how far the pollution is going. See archived ‘Local News’ Stories » .

Tri-state water deal aids Atlanta’s supply
USA Today – Nov 1, 2007
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said the agreement could put an end to lawsuits involving the Corps and all three states. He said the water changes could go into effect in two weeks if the federal Fish and Wildlife Service gives preliminary approval. State and federal agencies estimated before the deal that water supplies for Atlanta and some other cities in the region could begin running out in three to nine months. The agreement was announced after a meeting of the states’ governors and other administration officials in Washington. “Georgia citizens are very grateful,” Georgia Gov. WATER LEVELS FALL:.

Tennessee Town Has Run Out of Water
FOX News – Nov 1, 2007
us ORME, Tenn. — As twilight falls over this Tennessee town, Mayor Tony Reames drives up a dusty dirt road to the community’s towering water tank and begins his nightly ritual in front of a rusty metal valve. With a twist of the wrist, he releases the tank’s meager water supply, and suddenly this sleepy town is alive with activity. Washing machines whir, kitchen sinks fill and showers run. About three hours later, Reames will return and reverse the process, cutting off water to the town’s 145 residents. The severe drought tightening like a vise across the Southeast has threatened the water supply of cities large and small, sending politicians scrambling for solutions. But Orme, about 40 miles west of Chattanooga and 150 miles northwest of Atlanta, is a town where the worst-case scenario has already come to pass: The water has run out…
Water restrictions in Orme are nothing new. But residents say it’s never been this bad. Even last summer, as the water supply dwindled, city leaders cut off water only at night. But in August, Reames took the most extreme step yet and restricted use to three hours a day. Elected in December, he has now spent $8,000 of the city’s $13,000 annual budget to deal with the crisis. Most of the money went toward trucking water from Alabama. He has tried to fill the gaps with modest fundraisers, but it hasn’t been easy.

BRIEF: Rain slightly boosts water supply.
Free with registration – News & Observer – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 1, 2007
–> COPYRIGHT 2007 The News & Observer Nov. 1–CARRBORO — Southern Orange County’s water sources were nearly 51 percent full Wednesday, up less than 1 percent from a week ago, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority reported. The recent rainfall at the Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant in Carrboro totaled 4.