SJR98 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gerald O. Dial

Republican

Co-Sponsor

Tom Whatley

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

State of Georgia urged to improve infrastructure and conservation efforts to meet water supply needs

Summary

Alabama urges Georgia to invest in its own water infrastructure and conservation to meet its needs and opposes diverting water from Alabama-adjacent river basins.

What This Bill Does

The resolution states that Georgia should meet its water needs through local infrastructure improvements and conservation rather than transferring water from shared river basins. It highlights potential downstream costs to Alabama if Georgia diverts water. It asks Alabama's Governor and Attorney General to take necessary actions, including legal action, to prevent any such diversion, and it transmits copies of the resolution to relevant officials in Alabama and Georgia.

Who It Affects

• Alabama downstream communities and ecosystems that rely on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, and Chattahoochee rivers, who could be affected by water diversions or changes in flow.
• Alabama's Governor and Attorney General, who would be urged to take action to stop Georgia water diversions.
• Georgia and its metropolitan water management decisions, which are the subject of the urging to invest in infrastructure and conservation instead of transferring water away from the basins.

Key Provisions

• Urges the State of Georgia to meet its water supply needs through investment in infrastructure and improved conservation within the river basins where Atlanta and other Georgia communities are located, rather than transferring water out of those basins.
• Urges the Governor of Alabama and the Alabama Attorney General to take necessary action, including legal action, to prevent any Georgia diversion of water away from the named basins to other parts of Georgia.
• Requires copies of the resolution to be provided to the Governor of Alabama, the Alabama Attorney General, and the Governor of Georgia.

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative