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A Tale Of Two Water Districts: The Future Of Agriculture In California's San Joaquin Valley Lies In Compromise Over Drainage, Kathleen Nitta

Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal

This Comment will demonstrate why enforcement of the lower San Joaquin River total maximum daily load (TMDL) for selenium under the Clean Water Act should be postponed by amending the Basin Plan for the lower San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers to extend the selenium compliance schedule for the Grassland Area Farmers (GAF) until it finishes implementing its drainage management plan. This Comment will also discuss why the GAF’s drainage plan should be used as a model for Westlands and should prompt Congress to amend the San Luis Act to require Westlands’ farmers to provide their own drainage.

Part II will …

Selling Reclamation Water Rights: A Case Study In Federal Subsidy Policy, Joseph L. Sax

Michigan Law Review

This situation raises some interesting questions about federal reclamation policy and about subsidy policy in general. Why should a program designed to give a needed service at reasonable rates evolve into one where the original recipients, at the end of their time of need, are also rewarded by the gift of a large capital asset? Moreover, why should that reward be given at the expense of their successors on the project, who, one would think, are equally the concern of the reclamation program? These are the questions ·with which this article will be concerned.

Irrigation With Non-Riparian Surface Water And Subterranean Water In Kentucky, George B. Baker Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

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Irrigation In Kentucky As Affected By The Law Of Riparian Rights, Hugh C. Evans

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.