LAW 7039 :
Managing the Water Environment

A survey of legal techniques whereby property in water resources is defined and the uses of those property rights are regulated to optimize resources utilization and environmental protection. As demands on water resources increase, the difficulties of accommodating competing demands become very complex. Solutions have ranged from self-help, to judicial supervision, priority in time, and administrative regulation. Philosophical problems, intergovernmental problems, and political problems have all compounded the difficulties. The course will survey the attempts to resolve these problems by law.