Water runs dry in rural Tennessee town
A small town tucked away in the mountains of southern Tennessee is getting by on just a few hours of water a day because its spring has run dry in the drought sweeping the Southeast.
The worst drought to hit the region in decades prompted Georgia to impose water-use restrictions including a ban on outdoor residential watering.
It has also sparked a political battle between Georgia, Alabama and Florida over how to share water from north Georgia’s Lake Lanier, which serves cities such as Atlanta as well as industries and a nuclear power plant.
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