Special Master: Aquifer Is An Interstate Resource Adjoining States Must Share

Mealey's (November 9, 2020, 1:53 PM EST) -- LONDON, Ky. — A special master on Nov. 5 told the U.S. Supreme Court that an aquifer under both Tennessee and Mississippi is an interstate resource and recommended that the high court dismiss Mississippi’s lawsuit against Tennessee with leave to file an amended complaint seeking equitable apportionment of the groundwater (Mississippi v. Tennessee, et al., No. 143, Orig., U.S. Sup.)....