ATLANTA - The House has unanimously approved a study looking into whether Georgia can use parts of the Tennessee River basin as a potential water supply.
Lawmakers have been seeking alternate water sources in the wake of a federal court decision impacting Lake Lanier that orders Georgia, Alabama and Florida to work out an agreement to share water by 2012.
According to the resolution passed Thursday, four north Georgia creeks have an estimated combined flow of at least 725 million gallons per day which flows northward into the Tennessee River. The resolution suggests that water from these creeks could be stored in nearby abandoned rock quarries and distributed via a pipeline that could be built along a railroad line.
A similar resolution passed the state Senate.
Tuesday
June 24th, 2025
12:27AM
