With the area's largest amusement park preparing to open full-time for public school students on spring break, crews are working to make sure some rides have enough water for the summer.

About the same time most schools let out for spring break on April 4, Six Flags Over Georgia will begin drilling two wells to serve its most popular water attractions: Splashwater Falls and Thunder River, said Hela Sheth, park spokeswoman. One well will serve each ride.

The move to wells is part of the Mableton park's effort to cuts its summer water use by 10 percent, in line with conservation orders from the state for 61 drought-afflicted counties.

Last year, between April and October, the park used 56.6 million gallons, according to its supplier, the Cobb County Water System.

No state permits are required for wells that produce fewer than 100,000 gallons per day. Sheth said each well would draw under that threshold.

Park visitors also will encounter low-flow fixtures in some restrooms and water fountains that are turned off, Sheth said. More than half of the park's water is used in restrooms.

Crews are about halfway through replacing rest room fixtures, and expected to have replaced them all by the time the park opens full-time for the summer on May 24.

Plans are moving slower at Six Flags' other area property, the White Water swim park in Marietta.

Work has not begun on the replacement of restroom fixtures, and the company is still in the research phase on possibly drilling wells, Sheth said. The park does not open until May 24.

Much of the water at the Cobb Parkway park is recycled. Last year, the park used 35 million gallons between April and September, according to its supplier, Marietta Power & Water.