Army Major Darren Payne tells WSB's Pete Combs the Corps is required by law to send water down the Chattahoochee River to protect endangered wildlife, power plants and water needs along the river.

"At the moment there's not a whole lot we can do," said Payne. Gov. Perdue has given the Corps a deadline of today to respond to the state's demand to reduce the amount of water, under the threat of legal action.

Payne says the Corps will continue to release 2 billion gallons of water a day.

"We cannot deviate without some action being taken on the endangered species act or special legislation," said Payne.