The well-known Water Wars between Georgia, Alabama and Florida took a step forward recently due to the The U.S. Supreme Court securing metro Atlanta's claim to water
from Lake Lanier.
See this video from AJC for further explanation:
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What is this dispute all about? It is a long standing dispute over water - one of our greatest resources. Who gets how much and who controls when and where the water flows. Many politicians have noted the importance of this resource and have been quoted making the bold statement that the next major war will not be over oil, rights or religion, but over water:
- "The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics." Boutros BoutrosGhali, former UN Secretary General in 1985
- "The wars of the next century will be about water." Ismail Serageldin, former vice president of the World Bank in 1999
- "Fierce competition for fresh water may well become a source of conflict and wars in the future." Kofi Annan, formerU.N. Secretary-General in 2001 ----------------------------------------------
To learn more about the history of this important dispute, check out The Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper's website here: http://www.ucriverkeeper.org/tri-state-issues.php
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Also be sure to check out this infograph!
http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/water.html
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