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The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) says the Governor’s Water Supply Program (GWSP) plans to invest up to $44.9 million in four strategically located reservoir and water supply projects. Project Investment Details The GWSP plans to invest in the expansion of the Indian Creek Reservoir …
Troops are being mustered by Governor Nathan Deal, leader of Georgia’s army in the Water Wars. Governor Nathan Deal and Attorney General Sam Olens announced the appointment of special assistant attorneys general to defend Georgia in the most recent water-related lawsuit that Florida has filed in …
A group known as the ACF Stakeholders, with an administrative office based in Albany, Georgia, distributed a press release urging Florida’s Governor Rick Scott to withdraw his most recent lawsuit in what is commonly called, “The Water Wars.” The ACF Stakeholders’ mission, according to the …
Florida’s Governor Rick Scott hopes his whining will produce water. That’s the only reasonable explanation why he has filed another lawsuit in the Water Wars with Georgia. Floridians are demanding water from Lake Lanier to feed their slimy friends (the oysters) in Apalachicola Bay. Citizens of …
Aqualand Marina on Lake Lanier bills itself as “the world’s largest inland marina.” OK, I can deal with that. Not like anyone we know owns a bigger marina. We have a more important issue. The weather. Sorry, but I am so sick of all the rain …
On Tuesday, August 13, 2013, after Florida Gov. Rick Scott said that his state will sue Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court over water use, Gov. Nathan Deal called the move a frivolous waste of time and money when Georgia has waited more than a year …
Florida — best known as the bastion of old people, Mickey Mouse, more old people and Goofy — fired another round in The Water Wars between Florida and the Great State of Georgia. On Tuesday, August 13, 2013, Florida’s Governor Rick Scott was joined by …
The latest edition of The Index has been released by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Floodplain Management Office. This informative newsletter will be especially interesting to those who pay attention to the issues surrounding the Upper Chattahoochee River Basin (UCRB) Project. The UCRB Project is …
Melissa Cummings of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division provided the official Memorial Day holiday weekend statistics for incidents in Georgia. These figures include information for the entire weekend, Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27, 2013. We are thankful there were …
Joanna Cloud of the Lake Lanier Association wrote a letter to the editor of the Gainesville Times regarding the concept of a 1073′ full-pool level of Lake Lanier. We appreciate Joanna’s ideas, clarity and passion expressed so well, and the willingness of the Gainesville Times …