A trial is set to begin Oct. 31 over allegations that Georgia residents are drinking up too much water before the resource reaches Florida. An order filed Monday by Ralph I. Lancaster, a Maine lawyer appointed by the Supreme Court to oversee the case, sets out details and a schedule leading up to the trial, which would take place in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The order doesn’t say anything about an expected length of the trial, but Florida said in an earlier filing it projects the trial could last at least 4-5 weeks. However, the case won’t reach that stage if the states settle out of court.