By: Ralph Spooner

Ralph Spooner — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:14:01 +0000

I could not aggree with the idea given forth in the article about the Atlanta politicians looking for a land grab in the hope of another water source for Atlanta. Also, to clear thigns up a bit, I was born and raised in Georgia, South Georgia to be exact. For years, every Georgian has known of the fact that there is two Georgias. The one south of Macon and the other is the area north of Macon. The area north of Macon falls under the Atlanta Metro area economic influence and south of Macon is almost all agrarian based economy. Several years ago there was an idea put forth to build a pipeline south to tap into the aquifer that supplies water for all the small towns and farms in the Southern half of the state. The idea quickly got killed. One major event that caused this whole thing to begin with was Lake Lanier almost drying up during a drought a few years back. To even consider this will be a crime against the people of Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi as the river supplies water, recreation and transportation industries. Some would ask what stake does Mississippi have in this fight? Not many are aware of a waterway called the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway that runs across the top half of Alabama, into Mississippi and then south towards the Gulf of Mexico. Georgia’s water woes are self created by short sightedness and poor planning.

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By: Ralph Spooner