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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Georgia to cut back water to Alabama

As drought continues in Georgia, water flow will be cut back from dams in Georgia. The U.S. Army Corps of engineers says it will reduce water being released downstream to Alabama by a third. One reason is that North Georgia's Lake Allatoona is dropping about a foot a week. Without cutting back on dam releases, Allatoona could be empty by February.

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