WASHINGTON (AP) - Florida and Alabama are asking a federal court
to stop the Corps of Engineers from supplying water to Georgia from
Lake Lanier, a federal reservoir outside Atlanta.
The states said they would file a motion in U.S. District Court
Friday to invalidate the corps' operations on the lake. They argue
that the withdrawals are illegal without congressional approval.
The reservoir is at the heart of the states' two-decade-old
water wars in which Georgia maintains it needs more water to serve
a rapidly growing population, while Florida and Alabama argue that
the state's withdrawals harm their downstream interests.
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Florida and Alabama are asking a federal court to stop the Corps of Engineers from supplying water to Georgia from Lake Lanier.
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Published: January 23, 2009
Published: January 23, 2009
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