Lawyers will update a federal judge on the status of negotiations in a water dispute between Alabama and Georgia.

Both states fighting over water rights in the Alabama, Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers must give U.S. District Court Judge Karon Bowdre a summary Friday of any significant progress in their negotiations to resolve the dispute.

In June, lawyers for Alabama said the state wanted to proceed with a lawsuit challenging Georgia's use of water in a watershed affecting both states. Georgia wanted the judge to continue her court-ordered pause in the proceedings so both sides could keep talking.

Alabama filed a lawsuit in 1990 arguing that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has improperly allowed Georgia to take too much water from the rivers and said it harmed Alabama communities downstream.

Tags: Alabama water wars, Georgia water wars, Coosa River, Tallapoosa River