The Lake Lanier Association and the other Georgia Parties filed their second brief in Phase 2 last Wednesday, February 10. The brief focused on arguments that had been raised by opposing parties, primarily Florida, in the first round.  In essence, Florida had attacked the Biological Opinion, issued by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which found neither jeopardy to the species protected by the Endangered...

Letter sent to Georgia legislators from the districts around Lake Lanier on January 15, 2010 with copies to the governor, lieutenant governor, federal lawmakers and Corps officials. As the Georgia legislature begins its session this month, the members of the Lake Lanier Association (LLA) ask for your help in protecting Georgia’s finest natural resource. As the Tri-States water wars litigation and negotiations...

Read the Lake Lanier Association’s 2010 updated ACF Water Control Manual Scoping Comments to Corps of Engineers Read the Lake Lanier Association’s 2008 ACF Water Control Manual Scoping Comments to Corps of Engineers Many Lake Lanier Association members participated in late 2008 in public meetings conducted by the Corps as part of the Environmental Impact Statement scoping for the upcoming Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint...

Read the Congressional letter to the governors of Georgia, Florida and Alabama

Georgia and the US Corps of Engineers have much to celebrate in that for the first time in over four years Lake Sidney Lanier has now reached full pool. Read more of Lt. Governor Cagle’s Letter to the Corps.

Quick Links for Review on Recent Tri-States Water Litigation Judge Magnuson’s Ruling Atlanta Journal Constitution: Perdue vows multi-pronged attack on water issue By now you have heard and read about the Tri-States litigation ruling by Judge Magnuson in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida. In Phase One of the litigation, the judge ruled against the CORPS of Engineers, Georgia, and other water suppliers...

After oral arguments in Court on May 11, we await a ruling from Federal District Judge Magnuson in Phase 1 of the Tri-State litigation. Phase 1 considers the authorized purposes of Lake Lanier. We expect a decision within 60 days. The judge has indicated that this decision will be longer than any decision he has made in his career (we expect it to be over 100 pages). We believe that Judge Magnuson’s decision...

The hearing in Jacksonville yesterday focused on Georgia’s entitlement to current and future water supply from Lake Lanier.  As expected, Alabama, Florida, Alabama Power Company, and the Southeastern Federal Power Customers argued that Buford Dam was never intended to supply water to the Atlanta area, and that all the water in Lake Lanier properly is allocated to downstream navigation and to hydropower...

Read the National Academy of Science Presentation by the Lake Lanier Association, April 2-3 2009 Presented by Wilton Rooks, Vice President – Technical Programs for the Lake Lanier Association at the Workshop on Water Issues in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River and Alabman-Coosa-Tallaposs (ACF-ACT) River Basins

Read the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida In re Tri-State Water Rights Litigation – FOURTH AMENDED JOINT SCHEDULING ORDER