[Dacula]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/142%20orig_h3ci.pdf

Here is the decision and case

[SMGFan]

Explication for non lawyers?

[Qwackertoo]

Not over yet. Back to the Master for additional work.

[apillar]

Actually they Supreme Court decided nothing. They just kicked it back to the Special Master hearing the case and told him to use a different standard, his original ruling threw out Florida's complaint entirely, that may be the end result again, but he is suppose to apply a different standard.

Translation: It will be years before anything is decided in this case...

[Georgia Girl 2]

Great so now we will have the corps draining Lake Lanier down again til the docks are in the mud and Atlanta is 90 days from running out of water.

[Blueflag]

1. There isn’t enough water to support the growth of the Atlanta metro region *AND* keep the fishing industry of FL intact.
2. Even without FL getting the water, the ATL metro just can’t keep sucking in more and more fresh water.
3. You can do the math on the watershed that supplies the region versus the anticipated growth in water demand and the lines cross *IF* nothing happens.
4. The FEDS and the Atlanta regional planning commission have to fix this, eventually. Sooner is better.
5. I live on Lake Lanier, the primary reservoir for Atlanta and the surrounding metros. This is near and dear to me/us.

[fso301]

I always thought Florida had more water than it knew what to do with.

[Blueflag]

FYI, the Lake Lanier watershed is SMALLER than Alatoona and Hartwell.

ATL *has* to plan to use LESS water.

[yarddog]

I wish they could deny water to Atlanta totally.