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Alabama loses water battle

WASHINGTON — A federal court in Washington, D.C., issued a 299-page ruling siding with the Army Corps of Engineers on Alabama’s challenge to its updated master water control manual, which governs management of dams and reservoirs in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin.

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