Georgia again stakes its claim to land at Tennessee border

[JayHey]

Originally Posted by Radical_Thinker

According to Florida, we don't have the right to use our own Lake Lanier water, which makes no sense.

Water rights in the Eastern US are ruled by common law, which gives the downstream neighbor as much right as an upstream one. Florida has rights to water in the Chattahoochee. Georgia has rights to the water as well, and Atlanta must share and is responsible for the quality and quantity of the downstream flow.

Originally Posted by Radical_Thinker

The federal government really needs to play referee in matters like this, and apportion water resources based on need and future growth, while being fair to all parties. This is the United Sates, correct?

Georgia has no right to the waters in the Tennessee though because it does not flow through or immediately by the state. I have no doubt the federal courts will play referee in this matter and likely remind Georgia of long established precedence and to stop using a legislative bully pulpit to try and steal something from Tennessee due to the state's lack of planning and unregulated growth.

In the mean time and long afterwards, let's all just hope for rain.

[DJDeadParrot]

Originally Posted by JayHey

In the mean time and long afterwards, let's all just hope for rain.

I think we've had more than enough of that. 14 of the past 22 months have seen above average rainfall.

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by Tn_eddy

“If I had a brother in jail and one in Georgia, I'd try to bust the one out of Georgia first.”


― Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain

Great book!

[MattCW]

The far better option is to start building a total water recycling system. Instead of dumping wastewater downstream, pump it back to the reservoir it came from. Or better yet, just pump it back up to the initial treatment plant.