Author: Arthur L. Littleworth
Publisher: Solano Press Books
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Author: Scott S. Slater
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 702

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Author: Tim Stroshane
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 087417001X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 401

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This book is an account of how water rights were designed as a key part of the state’s largest public water system, the Central Valley Project. Along sixty miles of the San Joaquin River, from Gustine to Mendota, four corporate entities called “exchange contractors” retain paramount water rights to the river. Their rights descend from the days of the Miller & Lux Cattle Company, which amassed an empire of land and water from the 1850s through the 1920s and protected these assets through business deals and prolific litigation. Miller & Lux’s dominance of the river relied on what many in the San Joaquin Valley regarded as wasteful irrigation practices and unreasonable water usage. Economic and political power in California’s present water system was born of this monopoly on water control. Stroshane tells how drought and legal conflict shaped statewide economic development and how the grand bargain of a San Joaquin River water exchange was struck from this monopoly legacy, setting the stage for future water wars. His analysis will appeal to readers interested in environmental studies and public policy.

Author: Tom Hicks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781619480094
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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The 28-page Layperson's Guide to Water Rights Law, recognized as the most thorough explanation of California water rights law available to non-lawyers, traces the authority for water flowing in a stream or reservoir, from a faucet or into an irrigation ditch through the complex web of California water rights. It includes historical information on the development of water rights law, sections on surface water rights and groundwater rights, a description of the different agencies involve in water rights, and a section on the issues not only shaped by water rights decisions but that are also driving changes in water rights. Includes chronology of landmark cases and legislation and an extensive glossary.

Author: Donald B. Mooney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967280639
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 131

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Author: California
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation laws
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Author: Wells Aleck Hutchins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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Author: Scott S. Slater
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 650

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Author: Tobe Liebert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780837741123
Category : Prior appropriation doctrine (Water rights)
Languages : en
Pages :

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Water law is of huge importance in California 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 California; explains the identity, function and publications of the various government bodies involved with water law issues in California; and provides researchers starting points when conducting historical research on California water law.--Publisher.