Burns & McDonnell - Southeast Shares Georgia's Growing Water Need and Use in New Infographic

By 2020 State Will Need Double the Amount of Water than It Uses Today

ATLANTA, July 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Burns & McDonnell - Southeast, an award-winning full-service engineering firm, introduced the infographic, "The Big Gulp: Georgia's Water Challenge," which illustrates the use of water in Georgia and the projected need in the state by the year 2020. In the starkest terms, in a very short time, Georgia will require twice as much water than it currently uses to meet the needs of the growing state. The four main users of water – energy, agriculture, industry and municipal – will require five billion gallons of water every day, even in the most conservative of estimations.http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=7127420&access=EH