The National Water Policy Review and Western Water Rights Law Reform: An Overview

Authors

J. David Aiken, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Irrigation Water Use Efficiency

III. Ground Water Mining

IV. Legal Recognition of Instream Water Uses … A. Instream Reservations … B. Instream Appropriations

V. Resolution of Conflicts between Users of Surface and Ground Water

VI. Conjunctive Management of Ground and Surface Water: Legal Aspects of Storing Water Underground … A. California Law: Ground Water Recharge … B. Washington Law: Management of “Project Ground Water”

VII. The Federal Role in Western Water Law Reform

VIII. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

J. David Aiken, The National Water Policy Review and Western Water Rights Law Reform: An Overview, 59 Neb. L. Rev. (1980)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol59/iss2/6