ALBANY, Ga. AP – Georgia is preparing to step up its offensive in the long-running battle with its neighbors over federal water rights by focusing on Florida’s environmental record and dredging up a 150-year-old ruling that could give Alabama less control of a key river, Gov. Sonny Perdue told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday.
Perdue said he was prepared to play “hardball” with his neighbors in the regional fight over water rights after a federal judge issued a ruling last month that could restrict metro Atlanta from tapping its main water source.
