The metamorphosis of western water policy : have federal laws and local decisions eclipsed the states' role?

2001

Publications

Stanford Environmental Law Society

Stanford, Calif.

This influential article reviews the history of western water law and the "myth" of federal deference to state control, the movement in the 1980s and 1990s to reform the law, and the future of state policy initiatives in an era of growing demand and competition for water.

http://hdl.handle.net/10974/42