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In Supreme Court, Florida and Georgia Argue Over Water Use
Water planning in the South has not kept pace with demand.
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Florida Oyster Harvest Suffers As Drought Intensifies Water Battle with Georgia and Alabama
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The drought that set upon the United States this year has tightened a three-state tug-of-war over fresh water, affecting marine life and a valuable fishing economy downstream in the Deep South's Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, the most biodiverse river system in North America.
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Stakeholders Create Organization to Resolve Southern US Water Conflict
Members from Alabama, Florida and Georgia hope that grassroots negotiations will spur a resolution from higher levels of government over Lake Lanier.
Environmental groups, business organizations and power companies have united to form the ACF Stakeholders, a forum for discussing ways to resolve the 20-year impasse over the use of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin.
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Alabama, Florida and Georgia: A Tri-State Tug-of-War for Lake Lanier
Congress solidifies a federal judge's ruling to settle a 20-year-old dispute.
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