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We've recently added new products of Pressure Washers!!!!
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Go to the NEWS section to see information on the drought, water ban, and tips for contractors! There is a handy tool for ratios and proportions there too!
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Georgia Water Ban For Contractors |
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Water Restrictions Georgia
State Declares Level 4 Drought
The director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has declared a Level Four drought response across the northern third of the state, including the Atlanta metropolitan area. Effective immediately, most types of outdoor residential water use are prohibited.
“During a year of average rainfall, water levels in Georgia’s large reservoirs such as Lanier and Allatoona tend to drop in late summer and then recover as the winter rains arrive,” said State Climatologist David Stooksbury. “But the forecast calls for a dry, mild winter, and that could result in serious water supply problems by next spring.”
The following activities are exempted from the City of Atlanta’s new watering restrictions:
- Personal food gardens
- New landscaping installed by a certified or licensed landscaper. These newly installed landscapes may be watered any day of the week between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 10 a.m. for a period of 30 days following installation. You have one exemption per year / per property. There is no longer a 30 day exemption for lawn areation and overseeding.
- Swimming pools (subject to change)
The following commercial outdoor water uses are exempt from watering restrictions:
- Professionally certified or licensed landscapers, golf course contractors, and sports turf landscapers: during installation and 30 days following installation only. Professional landscapers must be certified or licensed for commercial exemptions to apply.
- Irrigation contractors: during installation and as needed for proper maintenance and adjustments of irrigation systems and equipment only.
- Sod producers.
- Ornamental growers.
- Fruit and vegetable growers.
- Retail garden centers.
- Hydro-seeding.
- Power-washing.
- Construction sites.
- Producers of food and fiber.
- Car washes.
- Other activities essential to daily business.
- Watering-in of pesticides and herbicides on turf.
All other uses fall under the new service-area-wide restrictions which state:
City of Atlanta customers may not water outdoors. No outdoor watering is allowed until further notice. This service area includes the City of Atlanta, Sandy Springs and unincorporated South Fulton County.
These new restrictions are necessary due to continuing extreme drought conditions in North Georgia. Residents are asked to conserve water whenever possible.Local governments and water providers are authorized to implement more stringent outdoor water use schedules within their jurisdictions. For more information about water schedules in your area, contact your local water provider. For more information on water conservation and outdoor water use, please go to http://www.conservewatergeorgia.net State Rules
The Board of Natural Resources has adopted Rules for Outdoor Water Use, Chapter 391-3-30. Under the new rules, Georgians will be required to follow schedules for outdoor water use during both non-drought periods and during periods of declared drought. The rules are consistent with Section 4 (Drought Responses) of the Georgia Drought Management Plan, which the Board adopted in 2003.The rules apply to any entity, and its customers, permitted by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) for water withdrawal or for the operation of a public drinking water supply system.
Helpful Links
The Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
Clean Water Campaign
Water Use It Wisely
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Ratios & Proportions
To Get Just Add
128:1 5 Ounces to 5 Gallons
64:1 10 Ounces to 5 Gallons
40:1 16 Ounces to 5 Gallons
32:1 20 Ounces to 5 Gallons
24:1 27 Ounces to 5 Gallons
20:1 1 Quart to 5 Gallons
16:1 40 Ounces to 5 Gallons
12:1 53 Ounces to 5 Gallons
10:1 2 Quarts to 5 Gallons
8:1 80 Ounces to 5 Gallons
6:1 107 Ounces to 5 Gallons
5:1 1 Gallon to 5 Gallons
4:1 5 Quarts to 5 Gallons
2:1 10 Quarts to 5 Gallons
1:1 5 Gallons to 5 Gallons
Some Helpful Measurements
1 Cup = 8 Ounces 2 Cups = 1 Pint
2 Pints = 1 Quart 1 Quart = 32 Ounces
1 Gallon = 128 Ounces 1 Pound = 16 Ounces
1 Pint = 16 Ounces 4 Quarts = 1 Gallon
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As small business owners we have the tendency sometimes to get so excited about our product or service that we forget to consider the preferences of the public. We can’t help but have a biased opinion about what we produce. However, despite the fact that we may happen to manufacture the greatest “widget” that will ever be at the absolute lowest, rock bottom price, if it doesn’t meet the expectations of the public, it will never fly.
The public relations department in your business is where public opinion is handled, through the process of taking surveys. Surveys are created to target various markets to poll for public opinion. The information gathered through surveys include fact, figures and opinions that, when analyzed reveal true public interest. Surveys will tell you what people like and what they don’t like. It will tell you what people consider valuable enough to be willing to pay money to have. Most people are willing to answer survey questions because in this society, we are not usually asked our opinions. The advertising industry basically uses the marketing strategy that covers telling us what we want and what’s important to us, without considering our thoughts on the matter.
Using a survey to poll your target market, in a sense helps a small business create an agreement with the public. You, as a small business agree to provide what the public wants, and the public agrees to exchange money for the value of what they are getting. You may be surprised to discover what your public really wants. It may end up being the product or service you least expected, but so what. One of the reasons you’re in business is to make money, so have the courage to produce what sells. You can intelligently predict which product or service will sell the most, by surveying your public.
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