Outdoor residential watering ban on Fridays considered

ATLANTA - State environmental officials are thinking about banning residential outdoor watering as a way to save water in the drought that has gripped Georgia for at least four years. <br> <br> The Department of Natural Resources wants to limit outdoor residential watering statewide to three days a week for odd-numbered addresses and thre days for even-numbered addresses. No one would be allowed to water on Fridays. <br> <br> If that provision of the State Drought Management Plan were approved, outdoor residential watering would not be allowed on Fridays. <br> <br> Harold Reheis, head of the state Environmental Protection Division, says the agency chose to eliminate Friday because all homeowners would still have one weekend day to water. <br> <br> Officials say the plan will be reviewed and revised during the next three months. <br> <br> The idea came out of the Comprehensive Water Plan Joint Study Committee, which was formed last year to come up with a comprehensive water management plan by September 1.