The issue involves a corner of Northwest Georgia, but an Atlanta lawyer believes a water resolution out of the Tennessee-Georgia border dispute would have statewide impact. “Basically, we could drought-proof the state of Georgia, and that’s the way we take care of the fluctuations in Lake Lanier,” said Brad Carver, who has spearheaded the move. “What this project would propose to do is keep Lake Lanier full ... in a way that, without the Tennessee River, is going to be impossible to do, going forward.”