Water wars between Florida, Georgia advance at U.S. Supreme Court

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - Florida's water war against Georgia advanced as the U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an interstate dispute on whether Atlanta's suburbs are sucking dry the river flow that feeds the oyster beds and fisheries of the northern Gulf Coast. Georgia had sought to dismiss the suit, filed last October by Florida Governor Rick Scott, that stems from a decades-old fight over Atlanta's daily demand for 360 million gallons of water from the Chattahoochee and Flint river basins. ... Read More http://ift.tt/1tUKdm6