Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
As states increasingly rely on groundwater to meet their freshwater demands, interstate conflicts have emerged across the country. This article discusses the two most prominent interstate groundwater disputes, one from the east and one from the west. The eastern case, Mississippi v. Tennessee, is the first interstate groundwater case before the Supreme Court and will set important precedent for future litigation. The western case, a dispute between Utah and Nevada, provides a promising alternative to litigation—an interstate compact that could serve as a model for cooperative management and protection of shared interstate aquifers.
Publication Citation
Nat. Resources & Env't, Fall 2016, at 8.
Recommended Citation
Hall, Noah D. and Regalia, Joseph, "Lines in the Sand: Interstate Groundwater Disputes in the Supreme Court" (2016). Scholarly Works. 1230.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/1230
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