Tri-STate WATER WARS

History

• 1956 - The Buford Dam (lake Lanier) was built
• 1986- Georgia suffered drought
• 1989 - The army corps of engineers issued a Report on drinking water consumption proposing a 50% increase in water withdrawal from Lake Lenier

how The water War started

• 1990 - First lawsuits were filed by Alabama and Florida against Georgia starting the water wars

FLORIDA

Florida

• Needs water for the Apalachicola Bay
• Low river flows
• Wants shrimp
• Wants the famous oysters

Alabama

Alabama

• Afraid about Atlanta's water usage
• Having to limit water power generation
• Did not pass the water resources act
• Uses the water for many reasons
• For the power plants along the river

GEORGIA

Georgia

• Wants to continue growing
• Supply big cities with water
• Atlanta needs 705 million gallons of water daily
• In 2011 the Governor of Georgia wanted to find another way to get fresh water for Atlanta

Dying Marine Animals

Dolphins

Shrimp

Oysters

Judges
They wanted to end the war in July 2012.

Supreme Court
1.Went to supreme court on 1/16/18
2.Says Georgia is taking too much water
3.Seems to be siding with Florida

Bad things happening

• Oysters are dying
• Lots of restaurants cannot get oysters for their meals
• People are shutting down their oyster companies in the Apalachicola bay area and leaving

More info

• Two major rivers: the Apalachicola and the Alabama- coosa
• One of the most important wild life issues to this day
• Lots of different courts were involved

Summary

Sources

• townhall.com
• foxnews.com
• tampabay.com
• wabe.org
• orlandosentinel.com

sources con't

• southernenvironment.org
• waterwar.org
• Wikipedia

Questions