U.S. on the verge of water anarchy
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Before November's election, the Supreme Court could thrust Congress into the middle one of the biggest no-win fights yet in this age of gridlock — a simultaneous renegotiation of some of the nation's most critical interstate water access agreements.
The immediate issue is a dispute between Texas (via the Tarrant Regional Water District, which serves Fort Worth and surrounding areas) and Oklahoma. Yet whether the Supreme Court accepts the case (Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann ) for review will determine if much of the country, from the Great Plains to the Pacific, has assured access to water in the decades ahead — or will numerous arrangements, in some cases dating back nearly a century, all become in essence dead letters.
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