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Informationen zum Autor A graduate of Yale Law School, William Goldfarb is Professor of Environmental Law at Cook College, Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, and is the regular "Litigation and Legislation" columnist and Law Contributing Editor of Water Resources Bulletin, journal of the American Water Resources Association. Goldfarb taught environmental law courses for engineering and science students at Stevens Institute of Technology from 1970 until 1974, when he became Professor of Environmental Law at Rutgers. He now teaches environmental and water law courses to graduate and undergraduate students mainly in engineering, science, planning, and natural resources management. He also participates in multidisciplinary water resources research teams. Earlier, the author practiced corporate law in New York City, earned a doctorate in English and comparative literature from Columbia University, and taught in that field several years. As a longtime special consultant to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, he drafted many of the water pollution control laws for that state. He has also served on the New Jersey Governor's Science Advisory Committee and as president of the New Jersey Environmental Lobby. In addition to the book Water Law, Dr. Goldfarb has written numerous articles and book chapters on various aspects of environmental law. Klappentext This revised second edition is essential to everyone involved with water and water resources-complying with the myriad federal, state, and local laws and regulations that govern the use and management of water in our attempts to maintain, clean, usable water Zusammenfassung This revised second edition is essential to everyone involved with water and water resources-complying with the myriad federal, state, and local laws and regulations that govern the use and management of water in our attempts to maintain, clean, usable water Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments -- Purpose and Scope of This Book -- INTRODUCTION: Water Law in Context -- What Do We Mean by Law? -- Law and Science Uses of Water -- Water Resource Management What Is Water Law? -- What Is a Water Right? -- References for Introduction -- Part I THE LAW OF WATER DIVERSION AND DISTRIBUTION -- 1. Legal Classification of Water -- Surface Water Categories -- Groundwater Categories -- Other Categories -- 2. Water Diversion Doctrines: The Riparian System -- What Is Riparian Land? -- Which Uses by a Riparian Are Permissible? -- Which Uses by a Nonriparian Are Permissible? -- Evaluation of Riparianism -- 3. Water Diversion Doctrines: -- Eastern Permit Systems -- Permit and Registration Requirements -- Included Waters and Uses -- Allocation of Water -- Flexibility versus Security -- Evaluation of Eastern Permit Systems -- 4. Water Diversion Doctrines: Prior Appropriation -- Appropriationism and Riparianism -- Beneficial Use -- Water Codes -- Classes of Water -- Evaluation of Appropriationism -- 5. Groundwater Doctrines and Problems -- Absolute Ownership -- Reasonable Use -- Restatement Rule -- Correlative Rights -- Prior Appropriation -- Management Systems -- 6. Federal and Federal-State Diversion Law -- Federal Reserved Rights -- Federal Regulatory Water Rights -- Interstate Waterways -- International Waterways -- 7. Interbasin and Interstate Transfers -- Major Interbasin Transfers -- State Antiexportation Statutes -- 8. Drainage Law -- Drainage of Diffused Surface Water -- Groundwater Drainage Drainage of Watercourse Overflow -- (Channel Modifications) -- 9. Water Distribution Organizations -- Municipal Water Supply Organizations -- Irrigation Organizations -- California's Water Management Districts -- References for Part I -- Part II WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION -- 10. The Federal Government as Project Developer -- Bureau of Reclamation -- Army Corps of Engineers -- The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 -- Soil Conservation Service Tenne...
