The Two-Tiered Market in Western Water

Authors

Willis H. Ellis, University of New Mexico School of Law
Charles T. DuMars, University of New Mexico School of LawFollow

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Historical Development of the Project Market

III. Federal Conditions Limiting the Transferability of Water Reclamation Projects … A. The Environmentalists’ Use of the Secretary of the Interior’s Lack of Authority as a Shield … b. The Small Farmers’ Use of Existing Statutes as a Sword … 1. The National Land for People Litigation … 2. The Yellen Litigation … 3. State Conditions Limiting Transferability … C. State Statutory Provisions That Restrict the Transfer of Project Water Rights

IV. Impact of the Federal and State Conditions on the Market for Water Rights

V. Private or Native Water … A. Improving the Market Allocation of Native Water … B. Quantification … C. Reducing the Cost of Necessary Quantification … D. Return Flow—The Intractable Problem … E. Avoiding Return Flow Problems

Recommended Citation

Willis H. Ellis and Charles T. DuMars, The Two-Tiered Market in Western Water, 57 Neb. L. Rev. 333 (1978)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol57/iss2/6