Monday, May 11, 2009
News Judge to hear Florida-Georgia-Alabama 'Water Wars' case today
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:40 AM
The Southeast's politicians, business leaders and environmentalists will be watching Jacksonville, Fla., today.
From the AJC:
In a Jacksonville courtroom Monday, a federal judge will consider the question: Is metro Atlanta entitled to rely on Lake Lanier as its primary source of drinking water?Senior U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson, appointed to oversee a number of related water lawsuits, will preside over the much-anticipated hearing. Last year, the St. Paul, Minn., judge said the answer to the question over Lake Lanier’s water may make other disagreements in the high-stakes case “obsolete.”
The tri-state battle has been raging for nearly 20 years.
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