Politicians Discuss Water Conservation and Potable Water

Speaking at a forum addressing the state’s potable water resources, nine gubernatorial hopefuls said Friday that while the effort to maintaining drinking water will be arduous, the focus needs to be both on conservation and the future creation of additional reservoirs.

Hosted by the University of West Georgia, candidates included Democrats Thurbert Baker, Carl Camon and David Poythress as well as Republicans Jeff Chapman, Nathan Deal, Eric Johnson, Ray McBerry, John Oxendine and Austin Scott.

In addressing water on the state level, Camon said, it’s important to remember that it’s a localized problem, and only through working with local governments and communities can the state begin to address the issue statewide.

“I think water is a local issue because it affects local people all around the state, and local governments collectively make up the state as a whole,” Camon said. “It’s imperative that anyone that serves as governor of Georgia has the opportunity to go where the help is to effectively communicate with the people who can make things happen, and I think I can effectively do that as governor of Georgia. As a matter of fact, if I had been in office for the last 10 or 15 years, some of these problems wouldn’t be here.”

When addressing the issue of conservation on a small scale, the matter becomes sticky, Camon said. While the government may need to regulate private water consumption to an extent, it must be careful not to infringe on individual landowners’ property rights.

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