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Gay Arnieri permanently plugged her bathtub, reusing the soapy, gray water to wash clothes, flush the toilet and take baths. Developer Woody Snell added a state-of-the art irrigation system and super low-flow plumbing and appliances to his plans for a mixed-use community. PepsiCo used weekends and holidays to overhaul its Atlanta Gatorade plant to cut water use by as much as 30 percent. Across the region, in big ways and small, people have responded to the historic drought now entering its third year in the Southeast. Some changes are short-term. Sprinklers will help rejuvenate brown lawns when the drought ends. Restaurants that now serve water only on request may again welcome diners with an icy glassful. Some adjustments have been reactionary, like the General Assembly's sudden interest in moving Georgia's border one mile north to encompass the richly flowing Tennessee River. Other changes could be longer lasting, perhaps marking the end of the region's cavalier attitude toward water. After years of talking about it, some metro cities and counties are offering rebates to residential water customers who replace old, water-guzzling toilets. If every old home toilet in metro Atlanta were replaced, regional planners estimate, the change would save six million gallons of water a day — enough to fill the whale sharks' tank at the Georgia Aquarium. At the height of the crisis in October, state officials estimated Lake Lanier had 80 days of stored water remaining if conditions persisted. For three million metro Atlantans who depend on the federal reservoir, that was the day water became precious. By STACY SHELTON The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 04/06/08

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