The

10 a.m. to 10 p.m. odd-even watering ban in

Peachtree City doesn't apply to businesses and

individuals who are pulling their water from a

private well, city council has decided.

Councilwoman

Carol Fritz suggested that those pulling from

private wells are still using waters owned by the

public. She said private well users should be

subject to the water ban also.

"I

just think we need to be prudent," Fritz

said. "We don't know how long the drought

will last."

But

landowners, in theory, own the rights to their

property all the way to "the core of the

earth," said Mayor Bob Lenox.

Councilman

Robert Brooks said the council should reconsider

the idea if private well watering becomes a

problem.

"I

just have a real problem with calling these

private streams," Fritz said.