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Tombigbee-Tennessee Waterway Development Compact (Code of Alabama: Title 33 Navigation and Watercourses; Chapter 8)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Alabama
Document type
Legislation
Date
1975 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Sub-national agreement Navigation Surface water Inland waters River basin institution Basin/catchment/watershed
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Code of Alabama adopts the Tombigbee-Tennessee Waterway Development Compact entered into between the states of Alabama and Mississippi. The purpose of this compact is to promote the development of a navigable waterway connecting the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers by way of the east fork of the Tombigbee River and Mackeys and Yellow Creeks so as to provide a nine-foot navigable channel from the junction of the Tombigbee and Warrior rivers at Demopolis in the State of Alabama to the junction of Yellow Creek with the Tennessee River at Pickwick Pool in the State of Mississippi, and to establish a joint interstate authority to assist in these efforts.

Full text
English
Website
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us