Some Georgia Water Restrictions Eased After Winter Rain

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Some Georgia Water Restrictions Eased After Winter Rain

Story Published: May 6, 2008 at 3:51 PM EDT

Story Updated: May 6, 2008 at 3:51 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP)- Georgia environmental officials are relaxing some
of the water restrictions imposed at the height of the record drought gripping the state.

The state's top environmental official called off an order Tuesday requiring utilities in 61 north Georgia counties to reduce water use by 10 percent. Carol Couch also downgraded water restrictions in counties in south and central Georgia, where increased rainfall has improved dry conditions.

She's allowing some counties where virtually all outdoor watering is banned to apply for exemptions.

Recent rainfall throughout the state has helped replenish many of Georgia's drying reservoirs and streams. No part of the state is now classified as "exceptional drought,' the government's worst category. Yet north Georgia is still locked in an extreme or severe drought, and forecasters warn the conditions could worsen through the summer.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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