Water levels up? No plan needed?

I heard on the news a couple of days ago that Bear Creek is steadily but slowly rising. It is just 8 feet below full pool now instead of 14. This is good news and is no doubt due in large part to the excellent conservation efforts of Athenians.

Not all cities are experiencing the same quality of conservation, however. Other Southeastern cities are feeling the stress of the drought and remembering what past times were like when water was scarce. Macon ran out of water 13 years ago when a tropical storm hit and floodwaters took out the water supply.

"State and federal authorities trucked in millions of gallons of water, set up 26 staging areas around the city and hauled in 2,200 portable bathrooms, said Johnny Wingers, director of Macon's emergency management agency.

'I get chill bumps thinking about it,' he said. 'It's 21 days I'll never forget. It burned an indelible impression in my brain.'"

One would think that with all of these past situations and the very imminent current drought situation that a serious well thought out future plan would be available, but according to the above quoted article, there is still not really a plan.

Maybe we should have one now, though I hope we never need it.