Florida lawmakers want the federal government to hold off on a new drought plan allowing operators of federal dams in Georgia to withhold more water for metropolitan Atlanta at the expense of downstream areas. ...more

June 6, 2008

Longtime oysterman Keith Millender sees every shower taken or car washed in metropolitan Atlanta as a small threat to his family, which has harvested seafood from northwest Florida's Apalachicola Bay for generations. ...more

May 26, 2008

In February, facing a severe drought and serious water shortages, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue eased outdoor watering restrictions. Why? He wanted to help the landscaping industry. ...more

May 13, 2008

The Bush administration began reducing the water flow from Georgia into the Apalachicola River on Friday, despite a new federal analysis confirming Florida's claims that some federally protected mussels and Gulf sturgeon would be killed. ...more

November 17, 2007

WASHINGTON - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and his Alabama and Georgia counterparts have reached an interim plan to address a tri-state water dispute. ...more

November 1, 2007

Georgia has no one but itself to blame for its water crisis and Gov. Sonny Perdue's efforts to cut water flow to Florida and Alabama should be summarily rejected by federal regulators. ...more

October 27, 2007

Allowing Georgia to fight drought by slowing water flow into Florida would imperil commercial fishing along the Florida Panhandle, Gov. Charlie Crist argues in a letter to President Bush. ...more

October 26, 2007