5245/Water Resources Law

User icon Heather Dray
1 August 2023
20 items

US water allocation laws and policies in action for systematic review: How do different states in the U.S. approach the allocation of water rights, and what are the legal implications of these approaches?


TWRI: Texas Water Resources Institute · 29 July 2003 English

Rivers were guarded by the sharpest gunfighters, and the last of the canteen water belonged to the man with the toughest fists. [...] Generally speaking, lands which were patented from …


Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment · 5 November 2014 English

Water in the West addresses the growing water crisis in California and the West by creating new solutions that move the region toward a more sustainable water future. [...] It …


CPR: Center for Policy Research · 14 January 2020 English

It is pertinent to mention that even though the focus of this Part I of the Report examines the history of water regulation Report is on the regulation of water …


Brookings Institution · 18 January 2024 English

The environmental justice movement has come a long way over the past 50 years. There is now wide recognition that all people and communities, regardless of race, color, national origin, …



NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 22 April 2016 English

We analyze the economic determinants and effects of prior appropriation water rights that were voluntarily implemented across an immense area of the US West, abruptly replacing common-law riparian water rights. …


FWW: Food and Water Watch · 25 January 2023 English

Governor Newsom’s August supplies.121 The state acknowledges that the value of 2022 Water Supply Strategy acknowledges that all water rights is greater than the average amount of the current water …


CAP: Center for American Progress · 27 March 2024 English

This is an incredible milestone in our efforts to clean up and protect communities, deliver local jobs, enhance economic activity, and improve people’s lives for years to come.”9 In addition, …


Center for Indian Country Development · 22 April 2022 English

(2020) find that the speed with which settle- ment occurs after a tribe initiates the adjudication process is a function of several factors that are largely exogenous to the reservations, …


ELI: Environmental Law Institute · 1 May 2024 English

This report surveys recent and past decisions of the United States Supreme Court, examines their impact on the fields of environmental law and regulatory law, and evaluates how they might …