The state of has lost the latest round in the on-going battle over water. A U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington has declined Georgia's petition to reconsider a recent ruling that restricts the state's authority to take water Lake Lanier. Earlier this year, a three-judge panel threw out a 2003 agreement Georgia reached with the Army Corps of Engineers. The agreement - the key to Georgia's long-term water plans - would give the state about a quarter of Lake Lanier's capacity over the coming decades. However, the court sided with Alabama and Florida. Those states argued that using more of Lake Lanier for drinking water would quote constitute a major operational change that requires congressional approval.
