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Editorial: Water war isnt won yet
Despite court victory, Georgia still may face more lawsuits, action by Congress, plus drought
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Lake Lanier and North Georgia have dodged another bullet — for now — in Florida's lawsuit over use of the Chattahoochee River system water.
Georgians all certainly learned a hard lesson two Sundays ago, one we won’t continue to rehash other than to repeat the lesson: Don’t sit on a lead or celebrate too early; you haven’t won until you’ve played the whole game. That applies to sporting events, but can also be a lesson to take from last week’s water ruling in the lawsuit between Florida and Georgia. The latest chapter of the long-running water wars ended with Ralph Lancaster, a Maine attorney appointed special master by the Supreme Court, ruling in Georgia’s favor in the suit filed by Florida on behalf of its shellfish industry in the Gulf of Mexico.