Lawn-and-garden industry lobbies against bans
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ATLANTA - The stricter water bans enacted in the face of a worsening drought have prompted the lawn-and-garden industry to mount a counterattack.
In just three days, the Georgia Urban Agriculture Council organized to launch a lobbying and public-relations campaign, taking aim at outdoor watering bans like those in the Athens area that prohibit watering new landscaping.
The group's leaders say other industries and residential users should be forced to conserve rather than completely eliminate landscape watering. Plus, they say, landscaping helps the environment by reducing erosion, removing carbon dioxide and increasing groundwater retention that could help solve water shortages.
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