New Regional Agencies May Help Diffuse Water Rights Disputes

摘要

As water rights disputes in Southern states become more common, one solution to such disputes could be to follow the Northeast's lead in creating more government with a multi-state focus. Water disputes involving Georgia, Florida and Alabama have generated headlines in recent months, as the states argue about how to divide dwindling water supplies (CWR, Feb. 27). The U.S. Interior Department has tried to intervene, so far unsuccessfully.