This morning in the online edition of First Coast News I read an article titled the same as this blog.  Officials from Alabama, Georgia and Florida have all signed a "confidentiality agreement" regarding ongoing negotiations over water rights.  It also noted that our Federal Goverment is involved in this as well.

I don't care what their intentions are, the water doesn't belong to local, state, or federal goverment to control and manipulate behind closed doors.  When it comes to life sustaining water they need to just deal with the aggravation of the people knowing what they're doing.

Georgia - Pact of Secrecy Signed for Water Talks [1]