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Interstate water wars are heating up along with the climate

  • Written by Robert Glennon, Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy, University of Arizona
Interstate water wars are heating up along with the climateAerial view of Lake Powell on the Colorado River along the Arizona-Utah border.AP Photo/John Antczak

Interstate water disputes are as American as apple pie. States often think a neighboring state is using more than its fair share from a river, lake or aquifer that crosses borders.

Currently the U.S. Supreme Court has on its docket a case between Tex...

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