The U.S. Supreme Court has sent a contentious water fight between Florida and Georgia back for more review.
Florida had asked the Supreme Court to cap how much water Georgia could take from the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers, which are used by Atlanta homes and businesses and by Georgia farmers. The two rivers combine to form Florida’s Apalachicola River, important to that state’s oyster industry.
Apalachicola’s oyster fishery has suffered in recent years. Florida said it’s because not enough water flows out of Georgia. Georgia has said the problems are due to Florida’s own mismanagement following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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