The state’s environmental chief says Georgia, Florida and Alabama should band together to pay for an independent federal study on water issues between the three states, instead of waiting for Congress to approve it. Two Florida Senators along with U.S.Congressman Allen Boyd want the National Academy of Sciences to examine the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin. Georgia Enviromental Protection Director Carol Couch says the three states should split the cost themselves for the study. Officials think a thorough, independent look at the waterways can help lead to a solution of the three decade-long dispute over sharing water.
