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Effect Of Existing Uses On The Equitable Apportionment Of International Rivers I: An American View, Ralph W. Johnson
Effect Of Existing Uses On The Equitable Apportionment Of International Rivers I: An American View, Ralph W. Johnson
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The dispute between the United States and Canada regarding the apportionment of the Columbia River is not settled. In March 1959, pursuant to the 1944 reference, the International Joint Conimission submitted to the governments of Canada and the United States a comprehensive engineering report on "Water Resources of the Columbia River Basin" prepared by the International Columbia River Engineering Board. This report contains three plans for utilizing the resources of the Columbia. Two of these plans include diversion of part or all of the Kootenay River into the Columbia at Columbia Lakes. All three plans would develop about the same …
Effect Of Existing Uses On The Equitable Apportionment Of International Rivers I: An American View, Ralph W. Johnson
Effect Of Existing Uses On The Equitable Apportionment Of International Rivers I: An American View, Ralph W. Johnson
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In spite of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, however, there are at least two reasons why our present topic is pertinent to the Columbia River question; first, there may be a question whether the 1909 treaty really does apply to this situation, and secondly, even if applicable the two countries may for a number of reasons desire not to rely upon its limited provisions for settlement. If the treaty is deemed not to be controlling, then other principles of international law become germane to the dispute, such as the question now before us.