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NOVEMBER 01, 2007

Water wars move to D.C.

The governors of Florida, Georgia and Alabama meet Thursday with representatives of the White House, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Army Corps of Engineers in the latest tussle over the tri-state allocation of a regional water supply in Georgia's Lake Lanier, which provides most of the water for metro Atlanta.

The so-called "drought summit" comes amid a historic drought across North Georgia. Charlie Crist will join Govs. Sonny Perdue of Georgia and Bob Riley of Alabama in D.C. Crist's water-related trip forced him to cancel participation in Thursday's ceremonial ground-breaking for the huge new Panama City-Bay County International Airport.

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