Atlanta and Tri-State compact

Tri-state Compact Water is becoming a hard-to-find resource in the southeastern states of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. The Chattahoochee River is one of the usable water supplies for the three states, and it has now become a such a problem as to sharing the water that a compact was reached in 1997. The compact that was signed by President Clinton involving the Chattahoochee River is called the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Rivers (ACF) Act. This compact was signed to …

…water for the places downstream? If every person living in the city can make a collective effort to try and lessen their water use, it could make a considerable difference. It may seem like such a small comparison of water saved when compared to the whole problem, but who knows-maybe the one time you turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth, you could be saving the life of one fish in the Apalachicola Bay.