(May 11, 2009, The Miami Herald)
The states of Florida and Alabama are meeting Georgia in federal court in Jacksonville over the allocation of water from Lake Lanier, which is the city of Atlanta’s water supply.
U.S. District Judge Paul Manguson will hear arguments Monday from the three states over the legality of the water supply allocations [...]
(Jan. 30, 2009, The Anniston Star)
For metropolitan Atlanta, the stakes — or the lake levels — could not be higher.
First, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower-court decision that invalidated the “secret” plan to draw more water from Lake Lanier than was agreed to by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Governments in metro [...]
(Jan. 23, 2009, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has the legal authority to supply metro Atlanta’s drinking water from Lake Lanier.
The Corps’ legal opinion, released late Thursday, is a good harbinger for metro Atlanta in proceedings unfolding in a federal court in Jacksonville, Fla. That’s where a federal judge is [...]
(Jan. 15, 2009, The Auburn Plainsman)
The United States Supreme Court turned down a petition Georgia filed reviewing a ruling that favored Florida and Alabama Monday.
Lake Lanier, Atlanta’s main source of drinking water, will be providing less water for the capital.
Georgia filed the petition against the federal appellate court’s decision last year. The Supreme Court will [...]
(Jan. 13, 2009, Jacksonville Business Journal)
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear Georgia’s appeal of a lower court ruling in the long-running tri-state water wars.
The high court denied a request to review a decision handed down nearly a year ago by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington invalidating a 2003 agreement to let [...]
(Jan. 12, 2009, WRDWAugusta)
Georgia’s long-term water plans face another threat, this time from the US Supreme Court. A court decision today questioned the state’s right to use more water from Lake Lanier, northeast of Atlanta.
Florida and Alabama are angry about Georgia’s use of more water for drinking purposes.
Georgia has been in a severe drought for over [...]
