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?


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, …


ELI: Environmental Law Institute · 1 May 2023 English

Changes in the interpretation of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) resulting from judicial decisions or federal rulemaking place a substantial burden upon state and tribal regulators and legislators. States, …



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, …


DWFI: Water for Food Institute · 26 January 2018 English

Whether it is the need for infrastructure to shift from groundwater use to surface water, as in the case of Harris-Galveston Subsidence District; the development and use of computer models …


NIWR: Water Resources Research Center · 9 June 2020 English

Since the passage of the CWA in 1972, defining the scope of federal jurisdiction to regulate waters within the borders of the United States has been the subject of constant …



PPIC: Public Policy Institute of California · 21 May 2024 English

Conceptual Model for Climate Effects on Aquatic Ecosystems and Native Biodiversity An essential first step in the development of a climate adaptation plan for freshwater biota in California is to …


Archaeology Southwest · 7 June 2010 English

Canal irrigation also raised the productivity of agriculture, and the population of the valley and the rest of the Tucson Basin increased from a few hundred to several thousand. [...] …