Question

Beginning in the 1990s, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, entered into a legal battle involving the environment. Each state was claiming ownership of a natural resource. Which of these would MOST likely be the source of this legal battle? A) Savannah River B) Barrier Islands C) Okefenokee Swamp D) Chattahoochee River

Answer 1

Answer:

the most likely source of the battle between Georgia , Alabamam and Florida in the 1990s was the to Chattahoochee river

Answer 2

D) Chattahoochee River

Explanation:

• In the 20th century, western USA countries engaged each other in conflicts over safe fresh water sources. These problems of Interstate water distribution in the east of the USA, where fresh water was comparatively plentiful, were fairly rare. A number of extreme droughts in the 1980s altered everything for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia, which forced them to realize the pressures on the water supply of the region that continued due to increased population growth and economic development in the southeast
• In 1997, the two Inter-State Compacts were signed in order to facilitate a long-term distribution of surface water supplies in the major river basins, shared by countries following lawsuits, surveys, and a negotiated transitional agreement. The negotiators for the three states had not yet reached agreement on the major problems of water distribution, which they face, despite many times extending the time limit laid down in the compacts
• Two river basins were involved in the conflict between Alabama, Florida and Georgia. The first of these is known as ACF (Apalachicol, Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers). It flows southwest through the metropolitan Atlanta to Alabama-Georgia County. It is located in the hills and in the lower mountains of northwest Georgia. This frontier crosses the Chattahoochee River south at its intersection with Flint River, the south-east corner of the state of Georgia, as it was formed in the counties just south of Atlanta. The Chattahoochee and the Flint Rivers join the Apalachicola River just north of Florida to form the boundary between Florida and Apalachicola Bay and Mexico City.
• After the droughts of the 1980s, the Alabama, Florida and Georgia states have been involved in continuing disputes over the flows of the common Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Rivers (ACF) . The river systems of Atlanta's fast-growing capital and the water supply have been very close to their headwaters.
• The two river systems lie relatively close to the rapidly expanding metropolis of Atlanta and provide water to large industrial, commercial as well as agricultural areas. In addition, both river systems are among the world's most complex ecosystems.