For nearly 30 years, Georgia and Florida have fought over water.
Florida says Georgia uses too much from the rivers that the states share. This week, that fight escalated to the U.S. Supreme Court. But even with a decision from the justices, the water wars in the Southeast probably won’t be over.
Florida says Atlanta homes and businesses and South Georgia farms consume too much water. So much, that it’s hurt the environment and the fishing industry in the Apalachicola River and Bay on the Florida panhandle.
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