Georgia ties up loose end from water wars, has ‘certainty of water supply’ in Lake Lanier
Georgia and the Army Corps of Engineers have agreed to a $71 million water contract for permanent water storage at Lake Lanier.
The move ties up a loose end from 2012, when the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that water supply was an original, authorized purpose of Lanier.
“This achievement is the culmination of years of hard work on the part of governors Kemp and Deal, and our federal delegation … negotiating with members of multiple federal administrations,” Kemp’s press secretary, Mallory Blount, told The Times in an email Friday, Jan. 22. “The agreement will mean greater certainty of water supply for much of Georgia.”