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H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA), was recently passed by the House of Representatives in Washington. Portions of this pending legislation may affect Lake Lanier, so we thought you might find detailed information of interest. Here is the official press …
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 …
Governor Nathan Deal, in response to yet another lawsuit filed by Florida, applied the term “frivolous” to the latest volley in the Water Wars. Here is the governor’s press release: “In the wake of the state of Florida filing a lawsuit against the state of …
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 …
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 …
Ray Henry of The Associated Press reports the feud over sharing Georgia’s water between Alabama, Florida and the great state of Georgia has not yet been settled. Now the federal government is involved. [Insert muttering here.] An early version of the 2013 Water Resources Development …
According to published reports in The Gainesville Times newspaper, Governor Nathan Deal is quoted as saying partnering with Hall County on the Glades Reservoir Project “needs to be explored.” Hall County Commission Chairman Tom Oliver sent a letter to the governor about the issue on …
The United States Supreme Court declined to review a crucial ruling in the dispute between Alabama, Florida and the great state of Georgia in what is known as the “water wars.” The Supreme Court’s choice not to intervene means Lake Lanier may be legally used …