BAINBRIDGE, Ga. AP – Floridians upset by the lower flows coming down the Apalachicola River from Georgia made a clear point Monday: The tri-state battle over water isn’t just a case of people vs. mussels.

Over and over again, people speaking at a forum organized by U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Fla., accused Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue of trivializing the river’s importance to Florida by saying Georgia’s need for drinking water outweighs the needs of mussels.