United States water law:an introduction
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Published: |
CRC Press,
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Publisher Address: | Boca Raton |
Publication Dates: | c2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xvii, 471 p.: ill., maps forms ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781420086416 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1420086413 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D971 |
CLC: |
D971.226 P641.671.2 |
Call Number: | P641.671.2/J676 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The division of authority between federal and state governments -- Allocation of interstate water rights -- Public rights to use surface waters -- Water ownership -- Water supply and uses -- Riparian rights -- Prior appropriation -- Groundwater -- Native American rights -- Environmental regulation -- Nuisance and tort law -- Social theory -- Louisiana and Hawaii water law -- The future of water resources in the United States -- Water corporations -- Reclamation -- Western state water systems and fees -- Classification of water bodies and types of precipitation -- Prominent federal agencies dealing with United States waters. |