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Water War: Florida Sues Army Corps of Engineers
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Associated Press
Published: Thu, November 01, 2007 - 11:19 am
Last Updated: Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 11:41 am
Last Updated: Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 11:41 am
made some progress in their bitter feud over water rights by
isolating areas of disagreement. Both leaders will meet with U.S.
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne later today.
Governors Bob Riley and Sonny Purdue were joined by all four
senators in the morning meeting, which aides described as tense.
The leaders from Florida, which also is embroiled in the dispute,
did not attend.
Georgia, Alabama and Florida have been locked in a legal battle
over water rights for the better part of two decades. But the fight
has intensified in recent weeks as a record drought has taken over
much of the region.
According to the National Drought Mitigation Center, almost a
third of the Southeast is covered by an exceptional drought, the
worst category.
The dispute centers on how much water the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers holds back in federal reservoirs near the head of two
river basins in north Georgia that flow south into Florida and
Alabama.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Well it seems unanimous, water is scarce!!