I was thinking about the situation down in Atlanta, and how according to what I have read, that there is less than three months of water left before the city dries up. I would guess that there is a pretty good chance that this will sort itself out and there will be rain before the end of January, but it does make me wonder, what happens if that last last bit gets used up? What does a city do when it runs out of water?

I have always thought that if any city were to dry out, it would be Vegas. Apparently, so did the people in charge in Atlanta. But anyways, imagine some sort of worst case scenario like the following:

There is no more rain in the south for three more months. Legislative gridlock continues. Agriculture interests plus a large, water-intensive, soda bottling company choose to do keep doing business as usual. They need to keep from losing billions of dollars and perhaps bankruptcy after all. Atlanta's citizens continue to use the same amount of water that they always do, because all those water saving toilets and showers are pricey, plus there are all those Christmas presents for family and friends that need to be had. And all of the sudden, there is no more water.

Water tankers for everyone or a modern day exodus?