Does the Georgia Water Coalitions believe that outdoor watering bans are an effective conservation measure?
No. Watering bans occur when water conservation and efficiency planning fail. Per person, Georgians use 10 percent more water than the national average. Water conservation is more than watering bans and low-flow toilets. We can do many things to use our water more efficiently that would result in less overall water usage, with no impact on quality of life. A good example of this is implementing watering restrictions, such as only allowing watering to occur on specified days of the week, act to reduce our overall outdoor usage of waters. Watering bans that prohibit all outdoor usage are one way to reduce water usage, but they are by no means the only way or even the most effective.
