LMRA Annual Meeting

It seemed an anticlimactic end to the 25-year Water Wars as Lake Martin Resource Association Legal Officer, Steve Forehand, addressed the membership gathered at Kowaliga Restaurant last month for the first installation of the annual meeting. The litigation over the Corps of Engineers Water Control Manuals for both the Alabama Coosa Tallapoosa and the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint river systems was resolved in favor of the Corps of Engineers. The Water Control Manual is now in full effect.

After the ACF decision, Alabama’s Gov. Kay Ivey and Georgia’s Gov. Brian Kemp were able to work out a water use compact to provide minimum flows in the Chattahoochee River. Forehand said LMRA is hopeful that Alabama and Georgia can work out a similar water use compact for the ACT system, which includes Lake Martin.