By Dave Williams
Atlanta Business Chronicle
July 2, 2010
In a gubernatorial campaign dominated by education, transportation and the budget crisis, candidates are also making room for a controversial debate over whether the rest of Georgia should help fill metro Atlanta’s growing need for water.
With the July 20 primaries fast approaching, Republicans and Democrats are staking out positions on “interbasin transfers,” the piping of water from one river basin into another.
Interbasin transfers have long existed inside metro Atlanta, where counties including Cobb and Gwinnett straddle more than one river system.
But outside of the metro region, voters are worried that Atlanta could use interbasin transfers to divert millions of gallons of water from their communities to satisfy the thirst of its growing population.
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