United States water law

Johnson, John W.

United States water law an introduction / [electronic resource] : John W. Johnson. - Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2009. - xvii, 471 p. : ill., maps, forms.

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.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781420086423 (ebook : PDF)


Water rights--United States.
Riparian rights--United States.
Water--Law and legislation--United States.
Water resources development--Law and legislation--United States.
Water-supply--United States.


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