The Supreme Court Case Is Over, But Resolving Georgia’s Water Fights Still Won’t Be Easy

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May 18th, 2021

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court sided with Georgia, denying Florida’s request to limit water use here. But there are other cases still out there, and litigation isn’t the only challenge for Atlanta’s water supply.

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Before his career in IT, and his years of work on Georgia water issues, Wilton Rooks was involved in NASA’s Apollo Space Program.

During his time in the Air Force, he was assigned to NASA facilities, where he worked on flight trajectories to the moon and later on the F1 engine that helped launch the Apollo missions.

“It was going through a turbulent time,” he said. “It was exploding, which made it hard to recruit astronauts.”

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