Environmental Law Matters

Earlier this month, the State of Florida announced it will be filing a lawsuit in September in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to limit Georgia's consumption of water from the Chattahoochee and Flint River Basins through an injunction. Florida claims that the unchecked consumption of the upstream water flows have negatively impacted Apalachicola Bay by increasing the salinity of the Bay, particularly in the summer and fall months. The reduction in the salinity is blamed for the reduction in the oyster population. Apalachicola Bay produces 90% of Florida's oyster supply and 10% of the ...