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Tri-State Water Wars move on Metropolitan Atlantas Future Growth whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting. - Mark TwainMetro Atlanta is on a collision course with reality and the shock of this collision provide earn profound political and economic implications for future exploitation throughout the Southeast. The encumbrance problem is that Atlantas runaway growth w reverse shortly outstrip the available peeing supply (Corps, 1998). And if Atlanta continues to increase its peeing consumption until the maximum limits are reached, the effects on downstream users will become catastrophic, both economically and environmentally. Without multi-state agreements concerning changes in usage patterns, this could bring nearly intervention by the Federal courts that would effectively halt Atlantas development until the usage disputes were resolved. By comparison, some western states water lawsuits deplete lasted for decades, typically freezing usage patterns as is. (Barr, 1999) The southeast can ill afford to have Atlanta the regions single outstandingst locomotive engine of economic growth brought to a standstill because of this issue. The root cause of the absolute regional problem is the combination of Atlantas high growth and an inadequate water supply. No US city as large as Atlanta is founded on a river as small as the Chattahoochee. (NY Times) If Atlanta were the size of Birmingham, there would be no crisis whatsoever. In addition, the deficiency of a usable underground aquifer system in North gallium limits the options for expanding the available supply. (ITT) The underlying granite subsurface prevents the formation of large underground water reserves, which are often a significant water source for new(prenominal) large cities. Only by transfe... ...raci. Conservation helped avert more dangerous water limits. USA Today. July 16, 2002Web SitesTri-state pact essential to growth.Congressman tag Barr. May 24, 1999, officia l web sitehttp//barr.house.gov/newsdescr.asp?RI=435 Atlantas Unquenchable Thirst Sparks federation Water War. By Marcello Ballve, Pacific News Service, Mar 11, 2002http//www.pacificnews.org/content/pns/2002/ louse up/0311water.htmlTri-State Water Wars.Southern Environmental Law Centerhttp//www.selcga.org/originals/water_wars/water_wars.shtmlThe Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa Water contend The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. By Brad McLane, Executive Director, Alabama Rivers Alliance http//www.alabamarivers.org/tristatewars.htmITT Industries Guide to spheric Water issuesAtlanta and the Southeast, by Charles Seabrookhttp//www.itt.com/waterbook/atlanta.asp