A judge has recommended that state water authorities grant Seminole County’s request to take water from the St. Johns River.

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will let stand a lower court ruling that threatens to unravel Georgia’s long-term water plans for the Atlanta region, giving Florida and Alabama a pivotal victory in the states’ long-running water wars.

ATLANTA (AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will hold more water in Lake Lanier this winter.

President Carter has spent his golden years as a global humanitarian: a Nobel laureate pushing for peace in the Middle East, speaking out against the war in Iraq and battling to eradicate deadly diseases in Africa and Asia.

Three Jackson County Commissioners were among those who attended a forum on Monday in Chattahoochee to talk about water wars, water woes, and water studies that may need to be done on Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river system.

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. — A barge traveling up the Chattahoochee River could reduce the transportation cost of valuable industrial cargo.
Barge traffic on the river would also reduce the number of trucks traveling across Wiregrass highways by about 58 per barge, said Homer Hirt Jr. of the Lake Seminole Association, out of Sneads, Fla.

Several Jackson County residents took part in a three-day river trip this week which was arranged especially for two top commanders with the Corps of Engineers.

Jackson County Commissioner Jeremy Branch was one of three panelists featured Thursday morning on the radio show “Perspectives,” broadcast weekly on WFSU 106.1 FM.

After a congressional hearing on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System in Washington Tuesday, Florida Congressman Allen Boyd and members of the Apalachicola River Riparian County Stakeholders Coalition said they were somewhat encouraged about what is described as “the water wars” among Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

After a congressional hearing on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System in Washington Tuesday, Florida Congressman Allen Boyd and members of the Apalachicola River Riparian County Stakeholders Coalition said they were somewhat encouraged about what is described as “the water wars” among Georgia, Alabama and Florida.