Georgia water wars cost taxpayers nearly $30 million

[TexasTowelie]

The infamous water wars between Georgia and Florida has ended up costing the public nearly $30 million over the last year.

Just after Gov. Nathan Deal urged state lawmakers to leave the emergency fund intact, the Governor signed an executive order this week that shifted $3.5 million from the state’s emergency fund to pay the latest water wars legal tab. This was already on top of another $26 million the Governor set aside last year for the case’s expected legal fees.

The two states are still awaiting an official order from a special master to resolve the long fight.

The water feud between Georgia and Alabama involved water flowing from Lake Lanier downstream through Alabama all the way to Florida’s Apalachicola Bay.

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[SharonAnn]

1. Georgia also tried to get their state's northern boundary changed so that

The Tennessee River could be accessed for water.

Of course, there was a plan approved and in place to build a reservoir for the metro Atlanta water supply, but that was under a Democratic governor. One of the first things the new Republican governor did was cancel that project in 2002.

Of course, the problem of water needs didn't go away. just the solution went away.