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The article presents the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) of the Georgia Port Authority. It discusses the Congressional authorization and signing of U.S. President Barack Obama of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 that paved the way for start of the construction on the deepening of the inner harbor and extension of the Savannah River Channel following the expansion of the Panama Canal.

The article examines a dispute over water supply rights between Alabama, Florida and Georgia related to the Chattahoochee River. Alabama and Florida have brought a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over withdrawals from reservoirs created on the river to provide water for the Atlanta, Georgia area. The possibility of a compromise settlement between the three states is discussed.

Focuses on the disputes over water supply and water rights among U.S. Eastern states. Reliance of Alabama, Florida and Georgia on the riparian doctrine of water use in their dispute over water in the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint river system; Enactment of the Senate Bill 163 by West Virginia to address the water supply problem; Overview of the bill; Opposition of industries in West Virginia to the bill prior to the assurance given by Senator John Pat Fanning that the bill only intends to manage the state's water resources.

The article focuses on the recommendation by a federal court that the Congress needs to approve the use of water from Lake Lanier to meet the water supply requirements in the metropolitan areas of Atlanta, Georgia. The court said that holding to meet the area's water demand are unlawful. It added that withdrawals will be frozen for the next three years until congressional authorization is given or some resolution is reached.