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Congress takes up states water wars dispute
After apparent court victory, Georgia braces for action by Florida lawmakers
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The longstanding “water wars” between Georgia and Florida has moved from the legal battlefield to the political one. A week after a recommendation favoring Georgia was made in a U.S. Supreme Court case over water sharing, Florida lawmakers are now pressing the issue in Congress. Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Florida, has introduced a resolution seeking to stop the corps from carrying out provisions of its revised water control manual for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, which includes Lake Lanier in the headwaters.