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	Name:	DJ -
	Subject:	Bham News Article
	Date:	10/11/2007 7:19:15 AM

This is a copy of a comment posted after the article, is there any truth to this? I would hate to think we lost our water this summer to this project.

"The Corps of Engineers has spent the entire summer draining the Coosa and Tallapoosa River basin including Lake Allatoona and Carters Lake in Georgia to dredge 70 miles of the Lower Alabama River that has a history of very low usage--in fact, the dredging was delayed for two years because it didn't qualify for funding.

The dredging started in June and will end October 24, all for nothing. This terrible project had the support of numerous Alabama lobbyists, including CARIA, The Pulp and Paper industry, and Manufacture Alabama, not to mention the probable support of several Alabama governmental officials at the very top level of state government.

It is truly unfortunate that hundreds of thousands of Alabamians (and Georgians) will suffer because of this selfish act that will benefit only a few businesses in South Alabama.

How many billions of gallons of drinking water have been flushed into the Gulf of Mexico? Watch closely and you'll soon see the Corps, CARIA, the paper mills, and the pulp industry demanding that Alabama Power send them more water to waste. It's time to stand up to this greed and waste of Alabama resources."