Georgia's Water Allocation Proposal: The Motivation for Adopting the Inevitable Drought Ideology

Proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 30 and 31, Athens, Georgia.The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river basin is a complex natural water system which simultaneously supports many different purposes. These purposes have overlapped in recent years to contribute to an interstate conflict between the states of Georgia, the upstream party, and the states of Florida and Alabama, the downstream parties. This paper seeks to inform the reader on the issue of water allocation in the stated basin. Upon updating the reader of the issue, the paper shall address several issues which combine to display Georgia's motivation for adopting the ideology of preparation for an inevitable drought. While reporting on the research, the author makes no attempt to personally represent any organization, group, or other entity that the author is affiliated with, including any organization which may be explicitly or implicitly referred to in the text.Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of TechnologyThis book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2202 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Insttitute as authorized by the Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of the University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors