![Calvin Perry, superintendent of Stripling Irrigation Research Park, examines an irrigation box in this 2014 photo.](https://secure.caes.uga.edu/news/multimedia/images/4128/calvinperryvriforweb.jpg)
Saving Water
For the past three decades, Alabama, Florida and Georgia have been battling over control of water resources in what has become known as the “tri-state water wars.” Judge Paul Kelly of New Mexico, a Supreme Court-appointed expert known as a “special master,” recently ruled in favor of Georgia in the ongoing Florida vs. Georgia court case.