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12 Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Pol'y Sidebar 1 (2016-2017)

handle is hein.journals/dukjppsid12 and id is 1 raw text is: MISSISSIPPI V. TENNESSEE: RESOLVING AN INTERSTATE GROUNDWATER DISPUTE PETER G. BERRIS* I. INTRODUCTION Shortly after the immortal line Call me Ishmael, Herman Melville's Moby Dick proceeds with a reflection on the attraction of water.' According to Melville, humans are drawn to water because we ourselves see in all rivers and oceans. It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key of it all.2 Should there be any doubt about the accuracy of Melville's assessment, the news is filled with events that are reminders of the continuing centrality of water to modern civilization. For example, contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan led to a political controversy that spilled into the presidential primary.3 California's multi-year lack of water occupied numerous newspaper headlines.! In Toledo, Ohio, a summer algae bloom on Lake Erie briefly made the city's water undrinkable and damaged public perception of the city.' Copyright @ 2016 Peter G. Berris. J.D. Candidate, Duke University School of Law, Class of 2017. 1. See HERMAN MELVILLE, MOBY DICK 3-5 (1851) (ruminating about why humans are drawn to bodies of water). 2. Id. at 5. 3. See Amy Chozick & Patrick Healy, In Democratic Debate, Bernie Sanders Pushes Hillary Clinton on Trade and Jobs, N.Y. TIMES (March 6, 2016), http://www.nytimes.com /2016/03/07/us/politics/democratic-debate.html (discussing agreement between Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton over the Flint water crisis during a Democratic debate). 4. See, e.g., Matt Stevens, Reservoirs are getting a big boost from 'Miracle March' - but the drought isn't over yet, L.A. TIMES (March 18, 2016), http://www.latimes.com/local /california/la- me-california-drought-20160318-story.html (evaluating the state of the California drought in light of El Nifio weather conditions). 5. See Tom Henry, Toxic algae struggles leave Toledo's reputation hanging in the balance, THE BLADE (Aug. 2, 2015), http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2015/08/02/Toxic-algae- strugglesleave-city-s-reputationhanging-in-the-balance.html (summarizing the ramifications of the Lake Erie algae bloom for the city of Toledo).

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