Water is an endangered species!

[Caitlin]

Here is a link to an article about water being diverted to "drought plagued" Georgia from Florida through Alabama.
I knew Arizona and California and other western states were locked into a multi-decade battle over the Colorado, but I always thought georgia has enough water!

John Kennedy | Tallahassee Bureau Chief
November 10, 2007
TALLAHASSEE - Florida officials Friday backed away from a temporary truce hammered out by the Bush administration to end a three-state water war, fearing the deal would kill Apalachicola Bay's oyster industry.

In a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Florida's environmental chief said the plan to reduce water flowing from drought-plagued Georgia into Alabama and Florida could "displace the entire economy of the Bay region."

The move "has a high potential to cause significant harm to the people of Florida and our natural resources," wrote Michael Sole, Florida's secretary of environmental protection.

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[Caitlin]

Here is another piece of the article

Asked about Florida's decision Friday, Perdue called the move "unfortunate" but said he hoped the "spirit" of the negotiations would remain firm. Georgia is suffering from a record drought and recently imposed strict water restrictions on the Atlanta area.

"We're proceeding judiciously," Perdue said. "Hopefully the people of Florida will recognize, [with] the lower flows that will result, that those little mussels could just ease a little further down to the water."