In order to force the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to reduce the flow of water out of Lake Lanier, Governor Sonny Perdue has gone to federal court, has declared north Georgia a state disaster zone, and has asked President Bush for help.
The Governor says he has put together a drought command center, in case he doesn't get his way from the federal level.
"Plan B are strategic measures of tankering-in water and other things, assuming there would no adequate rainfall. Those are not possibilities that we'd like to think of, but they're possibilities that must be planned for. I'm not trying to panic people, but they expect us to have a plan in place".
The Corps says it is bound by federal law to keep a base flow in the Chattahoochee River. Other rivers, creeks and lakes in north Georgia are also running low, in what is now considered an epic drought.
The Governor says he has put together a drought command center, in case he doesn't get his way from the federal level.
"Plan B are strategic measures of tankering-in water and other things, assuming there would no adequate rainfall. Those are not possibilities that we'd like to think of, but they're possibilities that must be planned for. I'm not trying to panic people, but they expect us to have a plan in place".
The Corps says it is bound by federal law to keep a base flow in the Chattahoochee River. Other rivers, creeks and lakes in north Georgia are also running low, in what is now considered an epic drought.
