
If you think this is a boring picture, you’re right. TheGeorgia World Congress Center, has bored two 660-foot deep wells in order to turn its fountains back on and water its green spaces without straining the local water supply. Water restrictions in Atlanta, implemented in October 2007 are still in effect, but the 200-acre campus, which includes the Georgia World Congress Center, Georgia Dome and Centennial Olympic Park has invested an estimated $292,000 (reportedly the facility lost $500,000 worth of plant life and had to invest $100,000 in repairing, resealing and re-caulking water supply infrastructure damaged from lack of use due to the water ban) for the wells, which will produce 54 gallons per minute. The Georgia World Congress Center project will be completed by September. “We are extremely pleased with the projected output of the two wells on our campus," said Mark Zimmerman, General Manager of the Georgia World Congress Center. "With local water limitations, we are happy that we’ll no longer have to put a strain on the state’s water supply and that, at the same time, we’ll be able to maintain much needed green space in our downtown area. The wells tie in perfectly with our continual goals to be good stewards of our facilities and to take responsibility for the huge impact we can have on the environment."