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ACF water study to proceed but remain under wraps
Fla. lawsuit complicates release of river basin data
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A water study involving the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin will resume, but the private group funding the effort may put the clamps on information being released until the study is finished. The ACF Stakeholders had stopped the work out of concerns that information could create a dicey situation in the wake of a Florida lawsuit against Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court alleging overconsumption of water in the basin, which includes Lake Lanier in the north. In an Oct. 3 vote, the group’s governing board voted to ask Florida Gov.