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Perdue Wants Water Summit
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue wants to roll out the welcome mat to the leaders of Alabama and Florida.
He invited Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to a summit in Atlanta to hash out a deal over federal water rights.
The letter offered 40 possible dates between Aug. 12 and Nov. 5 for the three leaders to try to settle the regional tug-of-war over federal water rights.
It's the latest round in the gamesmanship between the governors after a federal judge's ruling earlier this month that found Georgia had little rights to Lake Lanier, the massive federal reservoir that supplies most of metro Atlanta with its water.
The judge set a three-year deadline for Congress to approve a settlement.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
He invited Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to a summit in Atlanta to hash out a deal over federal water rights.
The letter offered 40 possible dates between Aug. 12 and Nov. 5 for the three leaders to try to settle the regional tug-of-war over federal water rights.
It's the latest round in the gamesmanship between the governors after a federal judge's ruling earlier this month that found Georgia had little rights to Lake Lanier, the massive federal reservoir that supplies most of metro Atlanta with its water.
The judge set a three-year deadline for Congress to approve a settlement.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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