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Water Is A Girl’S Best Friend: Examining The Water Valuation Dilemma, Amy Hardberger
Water Is A Girl’S Best Friend: Examining The Water Valuation Dilemma, Amy Hardberger
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Water allocation is currently controlled by policy that assigns a property right and hopes to protect the resource and its users. Markets can help fill this void and increase efficiency by assigning an accurate value to the good and dictating how the water is transferred and used.
Unfortunately, current markets lack the ability to send an accurate price signal that reflects the true value of water, leading to unintended consequences that could rapidly deplete resources rather than protect them. For the market to be accurate in pricing water, all costs must be included, allowing consumers to make an informed decision. …
Instream Flows, The Public Trust, And The Future Of The West, Harrison C. Dunning
Instream Flows, The Public Trust, And The Future Of The West, Harrison C. Dunning
Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)
65 pages (includes illustrations).
Contains 28 pages of footnotes.
Agenda: Instream Flow Protection In The Western United States: A Practical Symposium, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Agenda: Instream Flow Protection In The Western United States: A Practical Symposium, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)
Conference speakers included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Charles F. Wilkinson.
Virtually all western states now provide some kind of legal recognition for instream flows. On March 31-April 1, the Natural Resources Law Center will present a symposium on the different approaches taken in these states, with emphasis on such major issues as the purposes for instream flows, the quantities of water needed for these purposes, enforcement of instream flow rights, federal instream flow claims, private instream flow claims, and transferring consumptive water rights to instream flow rights. Speakers include representatives from state agencies …