Sen. J.B. Powell, D-Blythe, attempted to amend a Senate bill pertaining to the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District by adding criteria the state would be required to consider before allowing so-called "interbasin transfers."
For years, lawmakers representing districts in the Savannah River Basin and other parts of Georgia have expressed fears that metro Atlanta water utilities would seek to grab water from outside of the Chattahoochee River basin to help supply the metro region's growing population.
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