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Associated Press - July 21, 2009 4:34 PM ET
ATLANTA - Metropolitan Atlanta may lose its main water source if Georgia's political leaders can't broker a solution with Alabama and Florida over rights to a major reservoir within three years.
That would cut off water for more than three million residents, threatening 1 of the Southeast's main economic engines amid a sour economy.
Experts say a recent federal court ruling puts Georgia in a weak position and could finally push the three states back to the negotiating table after nearly two decades of stalemate.
Friday's ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Paul Magnuson found that nearly all Georgia's withdrawals from Lake Lanier are illegal because the lake wasn't built for water supply.
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