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(a) The doctrine of equitable apportionment aims to produce a fair allocation of a shared water resource between two or more States, see Colorado v. New Mexico, 459 U. S. 176, 183, based on the principle that States have an equal right to reasonable use of shared water resources. Florida v. Georgia, 592 U. S. __, __. The Court has applied the doctrine to interstate rivers and streams, see South Carolina v. North Carolina,