[PAR35]

Tennessee lawmakers passed the Interbasin Water Transfer Act requiring the state to issue permits to any entity moving water out of the Tennessee River watershed

I hate to have to be the one to tell the Tennessee legislature, but they have no authority over the parts of the watershed lying in other states. And the Tennessee River drains parts of 7 or 8 states.

[Verginius Rufus]

Right...and much of Tennessee (including Nashville and Memphis) is outside of the Tennessee River valley.