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1. law.northeastern.edu › 04 › phrge-water-primerThe Human Right to Water in the United States - School of Law

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   ble future uses of the human right to water in legal and policy advocacy within the U.S. The Human Right to Water in the United States: A Primer for Lawyers and Community Leaders is a project of the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, a human rights center located at Northeastern University School of Law. Support from the Unitarian

2. cropwatch.unl.edu › 2021 › water-law-101-part-1-basicsWater Law 101: Part 1, the Basics - CropWatch

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   Mar 10, 2021 · Water can be defined as the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain or other precipitation. It forms streams, lakes, seas and is a major constituent of all living matter. Water is measured in various ways, including gallons per minute (gpm), and cubic feet per second (cfs, or second feet, which is approximately 449 gallons water per minute).

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   What is water law?

   • Water law has a long history. It can be traced back to Roman times and also has roots in English common law. Across the United States, it varies from state to state, and from East to West. When conflicts arise, the courts usually determine the outcome, unless there are state or federal laws or previous case studies to resolve the issue.

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   How did public authorities respond to water pollution?

   • The first response of public authorities was to develop public infrastructure to deliver potable water from new uncontaminated sources when available. Continued population growth, urbanization, and industrialization led to increased volumes of water pollution and new types of water pollutants.

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   Why is water law so important today?

   • Water law today has to grapple with a number of new issues. First, legal pluralism. Legal pluralists ranging from anthropologists through legal geographers to lawyers argue that legal pluralism is critical to protecting the rights of local people and ensuring that top-down legal processes do not marginalize people.

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   Where did water law come from?

   • In fact, given how broadly we have defined water law, there probably never was a society without water law of some sort. Furthermore, one can trace formal water laws back to the earliest human civilizations found in major river basins: the Yellow River, the Indus River, the Nile River, and the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.

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4. crsreports.congress.gov › product › pdfEvolution of the Meaning of “Waters of the United States” in ...

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   Navigable waters: An anomalous term as used in the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act governs “navigable waters,”25 but this phrase is defined within the statute such that it is not limited to waters that are navigable-in-fact. Waters of the United States: The jurisdiction-defining phrase in the Clean Water Act.

5. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Water Law and Rights | SpringerLink

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   Jun 13, 2021 · Abstract. This chapter covers issues of water law and rights in terms of generic issues. Following an introduction to law, it discusses the origins of water law, how water law is organized, various issues related to the quantity of water (including property rights and priority of use), issues related to the quality of water and environmental ...

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6. eelp.law.harvard.edu › 2017 › 09Defining Waters of the United States (WOTUS) - Harvard Law School

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   This rule defines which streams and wetlands are protected by the Clean Water Act. A narrow definition would leave many wetlands and streams subject to state jurisdiction, which could constrain pollution prevention efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for those waters and the Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps or ACOE), which manages the permitting program for work affecting ...

7. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Economics and Policy for Water Pollution Control | SpringerLink

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   Jun 13, 2021 · 2.6 Water Pollution Policy in Practice. The foregoing brief introduction to the economic theory of pollution control provides concepts and results for both policy design and policy evaluation. We will build on this theory in later chapters to consider the design of water quality policies explicitly for agriculture.

8. www.gwp.org › Elements-of-Water-LawElements of water law (A2.01) - GWP - Global Water Partnership

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   The legal elements on water quality is interlinked with the scientific capacity of coming up with relevant and appropriate standards. Law on discharge must set standards on both point source and diffuse pollutions. The legal provisions on water services must discuss the structure, ownership and control of the industry, specification of duties ...