A key document in the decades-long water wars between Florida, Georgia and Alabama has just been released, and it seems to go Georgia’s way. It’s the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s plan for how to manage the reservoirs in the Chattahoochee, Flint and Apalachicola River Basin — that includes Lake Lanier, the source of most of metro Atlanta’s water.
The document lays out how much water the Atlanta area can draw from Lanier and from the Chattahoochee River. Alabama has argued that water supply is not what Lanier was created for, and so Atlanta should look elsewhere for water.
“It confirms that Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River are available to meet our water needs well into the future,” said Katherine Zitsch, director of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District.
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