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Hundreds of property-owners across the bone-dry Southeast are learning the hard way why a lush, green lawn might be a bad idea ?EUR??,,????'?????< There?EUR??,,????'?????< People are turning in their neighbors for violating mandatory outdoor watering bans enacted in metro areas such as Atlanta and Charlotte. Smaller cities and counties are sending enforcement officers ?EUR??,,????'?????< Up to 400 people a day are calling a tip line to report violators in Cobb County, a major Atlanta suburb. Much of Georgia is in a 100-year drought that has utilities scrambling to keep water flowing to metropolitan Atlanta. Lake Lanier, which supplies more than 70% of Atlanta?EUR??,,????'?????< In Red Boiling Springs, Tenn., first-time offenders were fined $150 and risked water shut-off if they continued to wash cars or water lawns. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities in North Carolina has cited 1,161 violators since Aug. 26, many of those citations stemming from calls to a tip line, utility spokesman Cam Coley says. Penalties range from $100-$500 to water shut-off for repeat residential offenders. Sources: USA Today, The (Nashville) Tennessean
Hundreds of property-owners across the bone-dry Southeast are learning the hard way why a lush, green lawn might be a bad idea ?EUR??,,????'?????<
There?EUR??,,????'?????<
People are turning in their neighbors for violating mandatory outdoor watering bans enacted in metro areas such as Atlanta and Charlotte. Smaller cities and counties are sending enforcement officers ?EUR??,,????'?????<
Up to 400 people a day are calling a tip line to report violators in Cobb County, a major Atlanta suburb.
Much of Georgia is in a 100-year drought that has utilities scrambling to keep water flowing to metropolitan Atlanta.
Lake Lanier, which supplies more than 70% of Atlanta?EUR??,,????'?????<
In Red Boiling Springs, Tenn., first-time offenders were fined $150 and risked water shut-off if they continued to wash cars or water lawns.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities in North Carolina has cited 1,161 violators since Aug. 26, many of those citations stemming from calls to a tip line, utility spokesman Cam Coley says. Penalties range from $100-$500 to water shut-off for repeat residential offenders.
Sources: USA Today, The (Nashville) Tennessean
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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