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Proceedings Of The 2011 California Water Law Symposium (Wls). The End Of Paper Water: Natural Limits, Unlimited Demands And Reliable Supply, Paul S. Kibel, Anthony Austin, Melosa Granda, Luthien L. Niland

CUEL - Center for Urban Environmental Law

Proceedings of the 2011 California Water Law Symposium held at Golden Gate University School of Law on January 22, 2011.

Grasp On Water: A Natural Resource That Eludes Nafta's Notion Of Investment, Paul S. Kibel

Publications

This Article begins by outlining the hydrologic and legal restraints to private ownership of water resources. It then details the provisions of NAFTA that pertain to private rights in water, and reports on two highprofile water entitlement cases that have arisen under NAFTA's foreign investor protection regime. The piece concludes by observing that the experience of United States of America (U.S.) federal courts with state water law may provide a jurisprudential template to bring NAFTA into alignment with existing domestic water law and international water treaties.

Rio Grande Designs: Texans' Nafta Water Claim Against Mexico, Paul S. Kibel, Jonathan R. Schultz

Publications

Our article begins with an analysis of the historical context and key provisions in the 1944 Rivers Treaty between Mexico and the United States. Next, we explain the expropriation claims process established by NAFTA's Chapter 11 and describe the environmental controversy that has arisen over its implementation. We follow with an account of the Texans' NAFTA water claim against Mexico, including an analysis of this claim's relation to the Tulare Lake decision and parallel dispute resolution proceedings at the International and Boundary Waters Commission.

At the end of this review, our finding is that the Texans' NAFTA water claim against …

California Emergency Services Act. Water Shortage Emergencies, Department Of Water Resources

California Agencies

California Govt. Code sec. 8550 et seq.
California Water Code sec. 350 et seq.

Colorado River Basin Study. Report To The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Committee, Dale Pontius

Federal Documents

This report cannot possibly cover all the issues of concern in the Colorado River basin. The basin is vast and diverse geographically, ethnically, and politically. Conflicts over water are part of its history, as water has been the defining resource in the settlement and development of the Colorado River basin. A complex set of laws, a treaty, court decrees, contracts, agreements, regulations and traditions of use have evolved over this past century which have governed water policy and management decisions. Over the last few decades, new social values have emerged in the basin and across the country which reflect an …

Water Management Study: Upper Rio Grande Basin. Final Report. Report To The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, Ernie Niemi, Tom Mcguckin

Federal Documents

In September, 1996, the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission contracted with ECONorthwest to study the major problems associated with the growing competition for scarce water and related resources in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, and to make recommendations for appropriate federal policies and actions for addressing the problems. This is our final report. The study covers the area from the headwaters, in Colorado, to Ft. Quitman, Texas (see map).

In this report we identify problems and make recommendations associated with the growing competition for scarce water and related resources in the Upper Rio Grande Basin. Our definition of problems …

Public Trust Doctrine Applicable To Water Rights, Assembly Committee On Water, Parks And Wildlife

California Assembly

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A Guide To California Water Right Permits, California Water Resources Control Board

California Agencies

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California's Water Future, Assembly Committee On Water, Parks And Wildlife

California Assembly

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Water Allocation In California - Legal Rights And Reform Needs, Institute Of Government Studies

California Agencies

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Governor's Commission To Review California Water Rights Law: Final Report, Governor's Commission To Review California Water Rights Law

California Agencies

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Contract Between The State Of California Department Of Water Resources And The Metropolitan Water District Of Southern California For A Water Supply, Department Of Water Resources

California Agencies

Contract Between the State of California Department of Water Resources and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for a Water Supply, November 4, 1960 (As amended to February 1, 1973).