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Groundwater doesn't follow the same priority system (in most states). Nor is there anything stopping people in border areas from taking all the water in anothe
by HWR_14 4y ago
Groundwater doesn't follow the same priority system (in most states).
Nor is there anything stopping people in border areas from taking all the water in another state's aquifer.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI'm most familiar with California which absolutely has Groundwater priority. Interstate groundwater conflicts come up less frequently but there is a framework for deciding them. You may be interested in this recent Supreme Court ruling on exactly that subject. https://globalwaterforum.org/2021/12/21/u-s-supreme-court-issues-decision-in-first-ever-dispute-over-interstate-groundwater-implications-for-international-law/ https://globalwaterforum.org/2021/12/21/u-s-supreme-court-is...