You Can Have Twice the Landscape for Half the Water Water shortages and restrictions on outdoor water use are becoming more common in Georgia as population growth places an ever-increasing strain on available water supplies. The problem surfaces each summer when citizens water their lawns and landscapes.
Periodic droughts make the situation even worse.
Today we are finding more and different ways to use water than ever before. During the past 30 years, population growth in the United States has increased by 52 percent while water use has increased by 300 percent. During the summer months in Georgia, residential water customers often use more water outdoors keeping their lawn and landscape green than they use for bathing, cooking and cleaning. If citizens would learn about the water needs of plants and implement water-efficient landscape practices, outdoor water use could be decreased by 50 percent or more without sacrificing quality or beauty of the outdoor environment. For each 1,000 sq.