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Water war trial underway for disputed watershed in Southeast
PORTLAND, Maine – A special master appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court has opened a trial aimed at settling a long-running dispute between Georgia and Florida over water rights.
A lawyer for Florida said Monday that low river flows caused by Georgia’s water withdrawals are imperiling endangered fresh water mussels and devastating the oyster industry in Apalachicola (app-uh-latch-uh-COH’-luh) Bay.
A lawyer for Georgia said capping water withdrawals wouldn’t help Florida — but would harm the state’s agriculture industry and the Greater Atlanta economy.
The Chattahoochee and Flint rivers meet at the Georgia-Florida border to form the Apalachicola, which flows into the bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
The trial is being held in Portland, Maine. The special master will make a recommendation to the Supreme Court, which has the final say.
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