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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"Water Rights"”.
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Transferable water rights with particular reference to groundwater
… permeated most economic sectors including the water sector, where water has been taken out of government ownership or control and moved into privately run utilities. In water resources it manifested itself by assigning private property rights to water rights, making them transferable by …
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Water rights in China: an international and comparative study
… populous country, has been experiencing a severe water crisis. This has manifested itself through water shortages, water pollution and natural water disasters, and has been exacerbated by the rapid social and economic development that has taken place in the last two decades. To deal with these …
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Fair allocation and trading of surface water rights under the Riparian Doctrine
One key water resource challenge that faces the eastern United States today is how to regulate water withdrawals by offstream users, while preserving the fair sharing philosophy of the common-law Riparian Doctrine. Traditionally, this doctrine requires that riparians (users owning land adjacent to …
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Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Rural Civic Ethos from the Rhapsodes to Water Rights
… the rural working man. Finally, I focus on the water rights debate in the Wind River Valley, and specifically on the ways that this debate has challenged each group's ability to argue successfully for their local expertise grounded in the knowledge of their landscape and their communities.
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Efficiency of Water Markets under Prior Appropriation: Evidence from Permanent Water Rights Sales in Nevada
Throughout much of the semiarid West, water is managed by states under the legal doctrine of prior appropriation, where those with the earliest claim to a beneficial use of water have the first right to use that water in times of scarcity. In Nevada, as in other western states facing water scarcity …
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AN ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL WATER RIGHTS AND WATER SYSTEMS IN THE CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
In the semi-arid Inland Northwest, water is undoubtedly the most important natural resource. Western Montana’s Clark Fork River basin is no exception. As the population of western Montana continues to grow, the Clark Fork River basin below the Flathead Indian Reservation is largely in de facto …
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AN ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL WATER RIGHTS AND WATER SYSTEMS IN THE CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
In the semi-arid Inland Northwest, water is undoubtedly the most important natural resource. Western Montana’s Clark Fork River basin is no exception. As the population of western Montana continues to grow, the Clark Fork River basin below the Flathead Indian Reservation is largely in de facto …
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The Political Economy of Conflict Over Water Rights in The Jordan Valley From 1890 to Present
… examines the relationship between conflict over water rights and economic development in the Jordan Valley from 1890 to present. The thesis explores the possibility that economic development in the Jordan Valley could work to reduce conflict over water rights by reducing scarcity and creating new …
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FIRST IN RIGHT: THE KEYSTONE OF WATER RIGHTS LAW PRESENTS AND FACES CHALLENGES IN A POPULATED WEST
… population growth. One such problem is access to water. Water users file with the state for rights to use water, both above and below ground. Users with older rights have a higher priority to receive water during droughts. This is the foundation of Montana water law. Water rights experts believe …
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FIRST IN RIGHT: THE KEYSTONE OF WATER RIGHTS LAW PRESENTS AND FACES CHALLENGES IN A POPULATED WEST
… population growth. One such problem is access to water. Water users file with the state for rights to use water, both above and below ground. Users with older rights have a higher priority to receive water during droughts. This is the foundation of Montana water law. Water rights experts believe …
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Pairing Water Rights to Land Parcels -- Connecting the Prior Appropriations Doctrine and Croplands in the western US
… shift, many studies neglect the role that the water rights priority system plays in determining which croplands receive water under drought conditions. This study introduces a methodology to pair water rights, including priority dates, to land parcels and irrigated croplands. Crops were …
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El agua no se vende, el agua se defiende : water rights transfers and community irrigation in New Mexico's acequias
… that remains well adapted to managing scarce water in a dry climate. While the acequia system has proven to be a self-sustaining means of managing common pool resources, it exists in tension with dominant legal doctrines that treat water as subject to tradable property rights. In recent …
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Water Allocation in Southern Alberta
This dissertation examines water allocation in southern Alberta and develops a fungibility framework for water rights and examines a range of characteristics impacting the transferability of water rights in southern Alberta. Fungibility is the degree to which water rights are homogenous. The …
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INSTREAM FLOW RIGHTS ON NATIONAL FOREST LANDS IN MONTANA
A unique opportunity exists to create instream water rights on national forest lands in Montana as a result of the US Forest Service Reserved Water Rights Compact between the US Forest Service (USFS) and the state of Montana, which went into law in 2007. Instream water rights on national forest …
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INSTREAM FLOW RIGHTS ON NATIONAL FOREST LANDS IN MONTANA
A unique opportunity exists to create instream water rights on national forest lands in Montana as a result of the US Forest Service Reserved Water Rights Compact between the US Forest Service (USFS) and the state of Montana, which went into law in 2007. Instream water rights on national forest …
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The reasonable use concept in Virginia water law
… has served as the basis of Virginia's system of water rights has developed with little apparent regard for the existence of the hydrologic cycle and the interrelationships between the water in its various phases, and separate doctrines of law exist for natural watercourses, percolating ground …
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The Status and Sustainability of Acequias on the Lower Rio Chama River, New Mexico
… New Mexico are threatened by the loss of water rights and land to both urban and exurban development. Planning techniques are utilized to ascertain the status of acequias on the lower Rio Chama River, New Mexico, with the data applied to developing a model plan for the sustainable …
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Would a water market system coupled with a beneficial use doctrine similar to that of the western United States help foster sustainability of water resource allocation in New Zealand?
In New Zealand, water supply has historically been a given. There is a perception that the country is well-watered and up to a point this is true, or at least has been true. However water is not always available at the right time or at the right place. In addition there are problems brought on by …
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