U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Florida-Georgia Water Arguments This Term

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments – for a second time – in a long-running case between Georgia and Florida during the term that begins Monday.

Florida is asking the court to limit Georgia’s water use as part of a decadeslong dispute over the water in the rivers that flow through the states.

Florida claims Georgia farmers and Atlanta homes and businesses use too much of the water from the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers. Florida says that has disastrous effects on its environment and fishing industry in the Apalachicola River and Bay in the Florida Panhandle.