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Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 February 2008 03:24 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 6 February 2008 02:22
In the world of public policy officialdom, secret agreements that have direct negative impact on peoples lives are generally a BAD idea. Just something to mull on.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama has won what Alabama Attorney General Troy King called “a major victory” in the 18-year-old water war.
In 2003, the state of Georgia, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Atlanta-area municipalities entered into a secret agreement reallocating a significant portion of Lake Lanier, a federal reservoir near Atlanta, for Atlanta’s water supply. The agreement would have resulted in far less water in the Chattahoochee River flowing to Alabama.
Alabama immediately challenged the agreement, arguing that only Congress had the power to change the allocation of a federal reservoir. A federal district court in Washington approved the agreement, and Alabama appealed.