Water rights and the environment in the United States : a documentary and reference guide

Burch, John R. 1968- (author.).

Summary: "This work broadly surveys the development of water politics and policy in the United States from the early nineteenth century to the present day. It is a story told through documents that is wrought with conflict as competing legal rulings and legislation at the state, federal, and international levels have created a morass that pits interest groups against each other. ... Through these documents, readers learn how our water politics evolved, see how previous generations address the challenges that faced them, and have present issues identified with various points of view so that they can consider possible solutions for the future.";Pg.ix.

Record details

ISBN: 9781440838026
ISBN: 144083802X
ISBN: 9781440838033
Physical Description: print
xxiv, 442 pages ; 29 cm.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-432) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. Doctrines and rights. 1. Establishing water laws. Tyler v. Wilkinson (1827) ; William H. Cary v. Albert Daniels (1844) ; Coffin et al. v. Left Hand Ditch company (1882) ; Charles Lux et al., appellants v. James B. Haggin et al. The Kern River Land and Canal Company, respondent (1886) -- 2. Native American fishing and water rights. Winters v. United States (1908) ; Arizona v. California (1963) ; United States of America, plaintiff, Quinault Tribe of Indians on its own behalf and on behalf of the Queets Band of Indians, et al., intervenor-plaintiffs, v. State of Washington, defendant, Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Washington State Department of Fisheries, et.al., intervenor and defendants (1974) ; Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, plaintiff, v. Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., Secretary of the Army of the United States, Lt. Gen. John W. Morris, Chief of Engineers, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Christopher J. Allaire, District Engineer, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, defendants (1977) ; United States of America, et al., plaintiffs, v. State of Washington et al., defendants (1980) ; The Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act (1990) ; The Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act (1992) -- Part II. Waters of the West. 3. Waters of the West. Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah, with maps, 2nd ed. (1879) ; The Federal Desert Land Act of 1894, also known as the Carey Land Act ; The Reclamation Act of 1902 ; The Colorado River Compact of 1922 ; The Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928) ; The Colorado River Storage Project Act (1956) ; Arizona v. California, 373 U.S. 546 (1963) ; Colorado River Basin Act of 1968 -- Part III. Border regions. 4. Water and Mexico ; The Rio Grande River Convention of 1906 ; The United States-Mexico Water Treaty (1944) ; The United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act (2006) ; 5. Water and Canada ; The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 ; The Great Lakes Charter (1985) ; The Great Lakes Water Quality Protocol of 2012 -- Part IV. Water management and flood control. 6. Flood control legislation ; Flood Control Act of 1928 ; Flood Control Act of 1944 ; Flood Control Act of 1962 ; 7. Dams and levees ; National Dam Safety Program Act of 1996 ; A failure of initiative : Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, conclusion (2006).