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Tell our state leaders to help meet our water needs by putting important protections in place against harmful interbasin transfers.

Each day in Georgia, millions of gallons of water are taken from our rivers and the communities that depend upon them through a process known as interbasin transfer. Water is removed from one river, piped to communities along another river and never returned.

The Chattahoochee River and the communities of LaGrange, West Point and Columbus are robbed of 47 million gallons per day (MGD). The Etowah River and the communities of Cartersville and Rome lose 10 MGD and the Flint River is hijacked of 12 MGD.

Recent proposals would expand Georgia’s interbasin transfer pipeline in a misguided attempt to meet the water needs of Metro Atlanta. Proposals being considered by state leaders include a transfer of 50 MGD from North Georgia’s Lake Burton and the Tallulah River, 100 MGD from Lake Hartwell on the Savannah River, 200 MGD from the Tennessee River and 200 MGD from South Georgia wells.

Harmful interbasin transfers threaten the health of our rivers and the economic futures of downstream communities. Georgia lacks strong laws regulating interbasin transfers, so help us tell state leaders to put these protections in place.

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