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Federal law to put Lake Lanier access back in state control
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EAST FORSYTH -- Legislation addressing water infrastructure needs throughout the nation is expected to be signed by President Obama, and part of the bill’s language was written by U.S. District 7 Rep. Rob Woodall, who represents Cumming and south Forsyth, to benefit Georgia in the tristate water war affecting Lake Lanier. The aspect of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation, or WIIN, Act that Woodall worked on will restore the long-standing deferment to states’ authority in resolving water disputes without the federal government getting involved. Woodall’s legislation was in response to language inserted by Alabama’s senators into the 2014 Water Resources Reform and Development Act that made Congress the arbiter of the tristate water dispute between Alabama, Georgia and Florida if a resolution could not be reached by the states.