Corps to increase water flow to state

Releases to rise by 129 million gallons daily

Saturday, July 21, 2007

STAN DIEL

News staff writer

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will increase the amount of water released daily from Allatoona Lake in Georgia, sending hundreds of millions of gallons more downstream to Alabama, authorities said Friday.

The corps will increase its releases from the lake by an average of 200 cubic feet per second - more than 129 million gallons a day - said E. Patrick Robbins, a corps spokesman.

Gov. Bob Riley, who on Tuesday accused the Corps of Engineers of illegally holding water in the lake while Alabama suffered from a 100-year drought, lauded the decision.

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