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 | | There are two reasons Alabama should participate in writing the legislation changing the purposes of Allatoona and Carters Lake Reservoirs, which was authorized by Congress in the River and Harbor Act of 1945 for navigation, hydropower, and flood control. |
 | | Alabama stakeholders recognize that changing the purpose of these reservoirs to include water supply storage for Atlanta municipal and industrial withdrawals will reduce storage available for downstream water users (navigation, recreation, flood control, water quality, and water supply) in Alabama. |
 | | Alabama's representatives have repeatedly touted the combination of several provisions in the agreement, i.e., reasonable use, interbasin transfer limits, operational policies, suspension, and a monitoring and reporting system, as sufficient to protect excessive consumption of water by upstream users in Georgia. |
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