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By Blake Aued, Athens Banner-Herald, Ga. Nov. 20--One day the drought will be over and lawns in Athens will turn lush and green again. But it will cost more to keep them that way. Once Athens-Clarke commissioners put an emergency drought plan into place next month, they will turn their attention to encouraging residents to save water even when rain is plentiful. A county water conservation committee will begin meeting again in January after a year layoff, and first on its agenda...