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Share Earlier this year, the Supreme Court sided with Georgia, denying Florida’s request to limit water use here. But there are other cases still out there, and litigation isn’t the only challenge for Atlanta’s water supply. Credit Deutschlandreform / Wikimedia commons Before his career in IT, and his years of work on Georgia water issues, Wilton Rooks was involved in NASA’s Apollo Space Program. During his time in the Air Force, he was assigned to NASA facilities, where he worked on flight trajectories to the moon and later on the F1 engine that helped launch the Apollo missions. ....
6:32 The disagreements over water between Florida, Georgia and Alabama aren t over even though earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Georgia. The states have been arguing for decades with Florida and Alabama accusing Georgia of using too much water. A plan was put forth six years ago by people who say there is a way to find agreement between the states. To many, Lake Lanier, just north of Atlanta, is a fun destination. But the reservoir is also metro Atlanta s main source of drinking water. It s near the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River, one of the rivers the states have fought over. ....
Credit Molly Samuel / WABE Florida, Georgia and Alabama have been arguing for decades over water. Florida and Alabama accuse Georgia of using too much of it. Even now that a major case in the 30-year fight ended earlier this year, with the U.S. Supreme Court siding with Georgia, the disagreements are far from resolved. At stake are delicate habitats in Florida and a once-thriving oyster fishery, jobs and power generation in Alabama, and water supply for south Georgia farmers as well as for most of metro Atlanta. Sponsored Content While state and federal officials have not been able to come to an agreement over how to manage their shared river system, six years ago, a group representing industry, farmers, residents and environmentalists in all three states released a plan they say showed a way forward, with a set of recommendations they say can help ease the problems, without resorting to the co ....