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Updated: 9:55 PM Jan 12, 2009
High court declines Georgia motion water wars case
The U.S. Supreme Court will let stand a lower court ruling that threatens Georgia's long-term water plans for the Atlanta region. Posted: 3:01 PM Jan 12, 2009 Water Wars Latest |
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The U.S. Supreme Court will let stand a lower court ruling that threatens Georgia's long-term water plans for the Atlanta region.
The court's decision Monday raises fundamental questions about Georgia's rights to Lake Lanier, a massive federal reservoir outside Atlanta. It could also play a key role in deciding the long-running water wars among Georgia, Northwest Florida and Alabama.
The case involves a 2003 water-sharing agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers that would have allowed Georgia to take far more water from Lanier for drinking water.
Florida and Alabama contested the pact. A lower court agreed, saying the Corps didn't have authority to use the lake for that reason.
Georgia had appealed to the Supreme Court for another review.

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