They don't want to scrap the agreement, just to modify it somewhat.

That is the view of Weiss Lake Improvement Association concerning the proposed ACT Compact water allocation agreement between Georgia and Alabama. The agreement has been a hot topic of discussion in local news reports recently and a delegation from the Alabama negotiating side was on hand recently to share the state's views, led by Jim Campbell, chief negotiator for Alabama.

Others included Rep. Richard Lindsey, Gerald Dial and Willard Bowers from Alabama Power Company and other delegation officials were present to voice support of the agreement and to answer questions.

I was impressed by the content discussed," said David Moore, president, Weiss Lake Improvement Association. "Campbell informed us on several key issues worthy of our support. Alabama Power reassured the members that the 564 msl of Weiss Lake will be maintained. (It would be nice if Alabama Power would go ahead and approve our request for higher water levels in the winter, going from 558 MSl to 561 msl, but that is a different matter.)

WLIA still feels there are some misunderstandings concerning the proposed agreement, Moore said.

"We are all going to have to educate ourselves a little better on the positive aspects of the ACT and not just stay focused on the negative," said Moore. "There are several important things that we must start doing. First, we must starting pushing for the State of Alabama to set Clean Water Standards. Second, we must request that the State of Alabama adopt and enforce the Clean Water Act of 1972. Third, request that the State of Alabama provide funding necessary for ADEM and other agencies to enforce Water Quality Standards. Fourth, by sharing our good faith by learning and doing what we can as a whole must to on our part in learning how to protect our watershed and Weiss Lake from point and non-point source pollution and unnecessary waste of our resources and Atlanta must learn to conserve.