Wretched Excess Dept.: a Georgian Consumes a Niagara
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 11.15.07
Instead of Governor Sonny Perdue praying for rain, or any of the great ideas Martin Lewis has at Huffpo, he might have been better off having a few quiet words with Chris G. Carlos, a homeowner who used 440,000 gallons of water in September, or about 14,700 gallons a day. Mr. Carlos has apparently been using the water not only to flush nine toilets and maintain a swimming pool but also to refresh nearly four acres of lush landscaping around his white-columned, red brick home.
Mr. Carlos says “I honestly didn’t realize the extent of my water use and regret I didn’t act sooner.” Neighbors scoff. “With the water crisis that we’re in down here, I just think it’s ridiculous that he would take advantage of the situation,” said Ken L. Scott, who lives across the street from Mr. Carlos. But it turns out that through a loophole in the rules, everything he did was perfectly legal. ::New York Times
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