Author: TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Water Code
Author: TexasTexas Water Law
Author: Frank F. SkillernPublisher:
ISBN: 9780945701088
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Texas Water Law
Author: Tobe LiebertPublisher:
ISBN: 9780837741390
Category : Prior appropriation doctrine (Water rights)
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Water law is very important in Texas because of the lack of water in the majority of the state and the prospect of greater shortages in an era of warming climate. It is certain that conflicts and litigation over the rights to and usage of water are going to increase in the coming years. This guide introduces researchers to the basic concepts and resources (both print and online) needed to research water law issues in Texas; explains the identity, function and publications of the various government bodies involved with water law issues in Texas; and provides researchers starting points when conducting historical research on Texas water law.--Publisher.
Essentials of Texas Water Resources
Author: Mary K. SahsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781938873546
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Hand Book of Texas Water Law
Author: Ronald A. KaiserPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Spanish Element in Texas Water Law
Author: Betty Eakle DobkinsPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292739672
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The Spanish element in Texas water law is a matter of utmost importance to many landholders whose livelihood is dependent on securing water for irrigation and to many communities particularly concerned about water supply. Titles to some 280,000 acres of Texas land originated in grants made by the Crown of Spain or by the Republic of Mexico. For these lands, the prevailing law, even today, is the Hispanic American civil law. Thus the question of determining just what water rights were granted by the Spanish Crown in disposing of lands in Texas is more than a matter of historical interest. It is a subject of great practical importance. Spanish law enters directly into the question of these lands, but its influence is by no means confined to them. Texas water law in general traces its roots primarily to the Spanish law, not to the English common law doctrine of riparian rights or to the Western doctrine of prior appropriation (both of which were, however, eventually incorporated in Texas law). A clear understanding of this background might have saved the state much of the current confusion and chaos regarding its water law. Dobkins’s book offers an intensive and unusually readable study of the subject. The author has traced water law from its origin in the ancient world to the mid-twentieth century, interpreting the effect of water on the counties concerned, setting forth in detail the development of water law in Spain, and explaining its subsequent adoption in Texas. Copious notes and a complete bibliography make the work especially valuable. The idea for this book came in the midst of the great seven-year drought in Texas, from 1950 to 1957. The author gave two reasons for her study: “One was my belief that the water problems, crucial to all Texas, can be solved only when Texans become conscious of their imperative needs and only if they become informed and aroused enough to act. “The second reason came from a realization that water—common, universal, and ordinary as it is—had been overlooked by the historian. It is high time that this oversight be corrected. In American history the significance of land, especially in terms of the frontier, has been spelled out in large letters. The importance of water has been recognized by few.”
Texas Aquatic Science
Author: Rudolph A. RosenPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623492270
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This classroom resource provides clear, concise scientific information in an understandable and enjoyable way about water and aquatic life. Spanning the hydrologic cycle from rain to watersheds, aquifers to springs, rivers to estuaries, ample illustrations promote understanding of important concepts and clarify major ideas. Aquatic science is covered comprehensively, with relevant principles of chemistry, physics, geology, geography, ecology, and biology included throughout the text. Emphasizing water sustainability and conservation, the book tells us what we can do personally to conserve for the future and presents job and volunteer opportunities in the hope that some students will pursue careers in aquatic science. Texas Aquatic Science, originally developed as part of a multi-faceted education project for middle and high school students, can also be used at the college level for non-science majors, in the home-school environment, and by anyone who educates kids about nature and water. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.
Parks and Wildlife Code
Author: TexasEssentials of Texas Water Resources
Author: Mary K. SahsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781938873799
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
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