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2016

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Full-Text Articles in Water Law

Reclaiming The Right Of Beneficial Use, Abby Harder Jan 2016

Reclaiming The Right Of Beneficial Use, Abby Harder

University of Colorado Law Review

Under the doctrine of prior appropriation, those that divert and apply water resources to a beneficial use gain a future right of use. Further, individuals may contract with the federal Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) for the delivery of federal project water. Under either method, individuals are required to use their water appropriation for a beneficial purpose to acquire and maintain their rights of use. What constitutes a beneficial purpose or a beneficial use of water resources has traditionally been defined by state law. Following some states’ legalization of marijuana, the BOR announced a new policy with regard to water use, …


Agriculture, Drainage Districts, And The Clean Water Act: Does What Happens In Des Moines Stay In Des Moines?, Harrison Pittman, Rusty Rumley Jan 2016

Agriculture, Drainage Districts, And The Clean Water Act: Does What Happens In Des Moines Stay In Des Moines?, Harrison Pittman, Rusty Rumley

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

No abstract provided.


Diversions From The Great Lakes: Out Of The Watershed And In Contravention Of The Compact, Christina L. Wabiszewski Jan 2016

Diversions From The Great Lakes: Out Of The Watershed And In Contravention Of The Compact, Christina L. Wabiszewski

Marquette Law Review

Alarmingly, in the next fifty years the United States will face not just drought, but complete dissemination of readily accessible water resources in areas ranging from its breadbaskets to its commercial and financial epicenters. As these lakes, reservoirs, wells, and aquifers drain, the communities that depend upon them will seek alternative and further-reaching water sources into which they can dip their proverbial straws. The most alluring and perhaps the most vital of these sources are the Great Lakes. In recognition that such straws may descend and that “Future Diversions and Consumptive Uses of Basin Water resources have the potential to …