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HUGHEY v. GWINNETT COUNTY

No. S04G0873.

609 S.E.2d 324 (2004)

278 Ga. 740

HUGHEY et al. v. GWINNETT COUNTY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Stephen E. O'Day, Andrew M. Thompson, Justine I. Thompson, for appellants.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Issac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, William R. Phillips, John E. Hennelly, Assistant Attorneys General, Alston & Bird, Lee A. DeHihns III, Daniel N. Esrey, William B. Carver, for appellees.

D. Lee Biola, Andrew, Merritt, Reilly & Smith, Paul E. Andrew, Clyde Y. Morris, Jr., Harry L. Cashin, Jr., Mary M. Asbill, amici curiae.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari in this case to determine whether the Court of Appeals correctly held that a permit to allow Gwinnett County to discharge forty million gallons of treated wastewater into Lake Lanier on a daily basis was properly issued.1 The undisputed facts show that the discharge will degrade the water quality in Lake Lanier. Before a permit will issue to allow the degradation of water quality...

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