The ABA State & Local Government Law Section has just published a new book, Whose Drop Is It Anyway? Legal Issues Surrounding Our Nation’s Water Resources, edited by Megan Baroni. I just received my copy.
Skimming through the chapters, it looks worthy of a place on the bookshelf as a practical guide to a very wide range of issues related to water.
Here are the details:
Whose Drop Is It, Anyway? Legal Issues Surrounding Our Nation’s Water Resources, is a valuable resource and practical tool discussing the legal issues surrounding water resources and the current issues and trends that are influencing the legal regimes. Practical in use, this book can be used as a tool for developing effective water management strategies in your own jurisdictions.
As scarcity issues become more common and threats like global climate change loom with uncertainty over our water resources, water only stands to become more pervasive in the future. Containing some of the more important and timely topics, as well as notable real-world examples with regard to water management, this book discusses:
- the two major legal regimes that govern water management: prior appropriation in the western states and reparianism in the east;
- the growing trend of watershed management in appropriation states on the regional and local level;
- the Federal Government’s use of the Endangered Species Act to impose its will on state and local governments;
- the efforts to adapt to climate change in conservation and land use planning, as well as the challenges water managers face now and in the future.
- where we have gone wrong with water pricing and what needs to be done to fix it;
- exploration of real-world water management in different areas of the country, including the Great Lakes and Florida;
- and much more!
Go here for more including ordering information, as well as the list of authors and the table of contents.