Georgia wins 8-year water fight with downstream neighbor Florida

Reuters ^ | 01 Apr 2021 | Rich McKay, Sebastien Malo

[blueplum]

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Georgia in ending its eight-year battle with Florida over water that runs through Atlanta’s thirsty metro region and downstream past cotton and peanut fields to Apalachicola Bay and its depleted oyster fisheries.

...In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the court ruled that Florida did not prove that its proposed water diversion caps on Georgia were warranted, given the balance between the needs of Georgia’s population and agricultural needs versus the needs of Florida. Nor did the court accept that water depletion was the cause of the Florida’s declining oyster beds....

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

BTTT!

[Tennessee Nana]

Now if Tennessee could win ours against Georgia that would be something...

[DesertRhino]

The communist court didn’t decide who owned the water. They decided who “needed” it more.

[kiryandil]

Nor did the court accept that water depletion was the cause of the Florida’s declining oyster beds

If the Supreme Fart says that water depletion that's actually happening is not causing the decline of Florida's oyster beds, then it probably is the cause of the decline.