United States water law : an introduction /
John W. Johnson
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009
- xvii, 471 p. : ill., maps forms ; 25 cm.
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
1420086413 9781420086416
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