Water law

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 Tennessee Valley -- Authority Bonneville Power Administration -- 11. The Federal Government as Project Licensor -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission -- Army Corps of Engineers -- 12. Comprehensive Water Resources -- Planning and Research -- Water Resources Planning -- Water Resources Research -- 13. Limitations on Federal Development and Licensing -- Major Environmental Protection Statutes -- Other Limiting Statutes and Orders -- References for Part II -- Part III NONTRANSFORMATIONAL USES: -- Uses That Do Not Change the Waterbody -- 14. The Public Trust Doctrine -- 15. Public Use of Waterbodies -- Public Use: Ownership of Beds and Banks Public Access -- 16. Use of Lakes -- Artificial Lakes -- 17. Use of Rivers and Streams -- Wild and Scenic Rivers Protection -- River Corridor Protection -- Instream Flow Protection -- Competing Nontransformational Uses -- 18. Federal Outdoor Recreation Programs -- 19. Floodplains Protection -- The National Flood Insurance Program State Floodplain Regulation -- 20. Wetlands Protection -- State and Federal Programs Section 404 -- 21. Weather Modification -- 22. Acid Precipitation Prevention -- 23. Conservation and Reuse -- Agricultural Water Conservation -- Municipal Water Conservation -- The Supreme Court and Water Conservation -- References for Part III -- Part IV WATER TREATMENT AND LAND USE -- 24. The Clean Water Act: Introduction -- 25. The Clean Water Act: Goals and Policies -- 26. The Clean Water Act: Antidegradation -- and Attainability Antidegradation Attainability -- 27. The Clean Water Act: Industrial Point -- Source Dischargers -- Phase I -- Phase II -- Heat Dischargers -- Prohibited Pollutants -- Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations -- Federal Floors and State Ceilings -- New Concepts in Industrial Point Source Control -- 28. The Clean Water Act: Municipal Effluent Limitations -- 29. The Clean Water Act: Federal Subsidies for POTW Construction Construction Grants Program -- Grants for State Revolving Funds -- Evaluation of Municipal Point Source Control Program -- 30. The Clean Water Act: Industrial Pretreatment -- National Pretreatment Standards -- Local Pretreatment Programs -- 31. The Clean Water Act: National Pollutant -- Discharge Elimination System -- 32. The Clean Water Act: Enforcement -- Governmental Enforcement Remedies -- Citizen Suits -- EPA Enforcement -- 33.The Clean Water Act: Interstate Water Pollution -- Interstate Water Pollution Control Compacts -- Interstate Permitting and Enforcement -- 34. The Clean Water Act: Nonpoint Source Control -- Section 208 -- The 1987 Amendments -- 35. The Clean Water Act: 208 Point Source Planning -- Industrial Point Source Planning -- POTW Planning -- 36. Ocean Disposal of Waste -- Ocean Discharge Criteria -- Ocean Dumping -- 37. Groundwater Protection -- EPA Groundwater Protection Strategy -- Federal Statutory Programs -- State Groundwater Protection Programs -- 38. Oil and Hazardous Substances Cleanup -- Oil and Hazardous Substances Spills -- CERCLA and Hazardous Wastes -- State Spill Statutes -- 39. Drinking Water Protection -- Safe Drinking Water Act -- Saline Water Conversion -- 40. The Common Law and Water Quality -- 41. Regional Land-Use Controls -- Adirondack Park Agency Environmental Land and Water Management Act -- Lake Tahoe Regional Planning Agency -- Watershed Management -- References for Part IV -- Part V MEDIATION OF WATER RESOURCES DISPUTES -- Glossary of Acronyms -- Index.;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. It includes the law of water diversion and distribution; water resources development and protection; water treatment and land use; ocean dumping; oil and hazardous substances cleanup; riparian and non-riparian systems; Eastern permit systems; beneficial use; water codes; prior appropriation; surface and ground water; channel modifications; municipal water supply; irrigation; California Water Management Districts; Bureau of Reclamation; Corps of Engineers; Water Resources Development Act of 1986; SCS, TVA, BPA, NEA, CERCLA, CWA, SDWA, RCRA, and their substantial changes in the last four years; water resources planning and research; public use; ownership of beds and banks; wild and scenic rivers; river corridor and instream flow protection; flood insurance, Section 404 and Section 208; the Supreme Court and water conservation; heat dischargers; quality-based effluent limitations; state ground water programs; pretreatment; funding; enforcement; citizen suits; and many more vital topics. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 13 Purpose and Scope of This Book......Page 14 What Do We Mean by Law?......Page 18 Law and Science......Page 21 Uses of Water......Page 23 Water Resource Management......Page 25 What Is Water Law?......Page 26 What Is a Water Right?......Page 27 References for Introduction......Page 30 Part I: The Law of Water Diversion and Distribution......Page 32 Surface Water Categories......Page 34 Groundwater Categories......Page 35 Other Categories......Page 36 What is Riparian Land?......Page 38 Which Uses by a Riparian Are Permissible?......Page 39 Evaluation of Riparianism......Page 41 Permit and Registration Requirements......Page 43 Included Waters and Uses......Page 44 Flexibility Versus Security......Page 45 Evaluation of Eastern Permit Systems......Page 46 4: Water Diversion Doctrines: Prior Appropriation......Page 49 Appropriationism and Riparianism......Page 50 Beneficial Use......Page 52 Water Codes......Page 54 Classes of Water......Page 56 Evaluation of Appropriationism......Page 57 5: Groundwater Doctrines and Problems......Page 59 Reasonable Use......Page 60 Correlative Rights......Page 61 Management Systems......Page 62 Federal Reserved Rights......Page 66 Federal Regulatory Water Rights......Page 68 Interstate Waterways......Page 69 International Waterways......Page 72 Major Interbasin Transfers......Page 73 State Antiexportation Statutes......Page 75 Drainage of Diffused Surface Water......Page 78 Groundwater Drainage......Page 80 Drainage of Watercourse Overflow (Channel Modifications)......Page 81 Municipal Water Supply Organizations......Page 83 Irrigation Organizations......Page 84 California's Water Management Districts......Page 85 References for Part I......Page 87 Part II: Water Resources Development and Protection......Page 90 Bureau of Reclamation......Page 93 Army Corps of Engineers......Page 96 The Water Resources Development Act of 1986......Page 99 Soil Conservation Service......Page 102 Tennessee Valley Authority......Page 104 Bonneville Power Administration......Page 105 Nuclear Regulatory Commission......Page 106 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission......Page 107 Water Resources Planning......Page 114 Water Resources Research......Page 117 13: Limitations on Federal Development and Licensing......Page 119 Major Environmental Protection Statutes......Page 120 Other Limiting Statutes and Orders......Page 123 References for Part II......Page 127 Part III: Nontransformational Uses: Uses That Do Not Change the Waterbody......Page 130 14: The Public Trust Doctrine......Page 131 Public Use: Ownership of Beds and Banks......Page 135 Public Access......Page 137 16: Use of Lakes......Page 139 Artificial Lakes......Page 140 Wild and Scenic Rivers Protection......Page 144 River Corridor Protection......Page 147 Instream Flow Protection......Page 148 Competing Nontransformational Uses......Page 150 18: Federal Outdoor Recreation Programs......Page 152 19: Floodplains Protection......Page 155 The National Flood Insurance Program......Page 156 State Floodplain Regulation......Page 157 State and Federal Programs......Page 159 Section 404......Page 161 21: Weather Modification......Page 166 22: Acid Precipitation Prevention......Page 170 Agricultural Water Conservation......Page 173 Municipal Water Conservation......Page 175 The Supreme Court and Water Conservation......Page 177 References for Part III......Page 178 Part IV: Water Treatment and Land Use......Page 182 24: The Clean Water Act: Introduction......Page 184 25: The Clean Water Act: Goals and Policies......Page 188 Antidegradation......Page 191 Attainability......Page 192 27: The Clean Water Act: Industrial Point Source Dischargers......Page 194 Phase I......Page 195 Phase II......Page 197 Heat Dischargers......Page 198 Prohibited Pollutants......Page 199 Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations......Page 200 New Concepts in Industrial Point Source Control......Page 205 28: The Clean Water Act: Municipal Effluent Limitations......Page 207 Construction Grants Program......Page 210 Grants for State Revolving Funds......Page 218 Evaluation of Municipal Point Source Control Program......Page 219 30: The Clean Water Act: Industrial Pretreatment......Page 220 National Pretreatment Standards......Page 221 Local Pretreatment Programs......Page 224 31: The Clean Water Act: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System......Page 225 32: The Clean Water Act: Enforcement......Page 231 Governmental Enforcement Remedies......Page 232 Citizen Suits......Page 233 EPA Enforcement......Page 234 Interstate Water Pollution Control Compacts......Page 236 Interstate Permitting and Enforcement......Page 238 34: The Clean Water Act: Nonpoint Source Control......Page 240 Section 208......Page 241 The 1987 Amendments......Page 245 Industrial Point Source Planning......Page 248 POTW Planning......Page 249 Ocean Discharge Criteria......Page 250 Ocean Dumping......Page 251 37: Groundwater Protection......Page 256 EPA Groundwater Protection Strategy......Page 257 Federal Statutory Programs......Page 258 State Groundwater Protection Programs......Page 265 Oil and Hazardous Substances Spills......Page 268 CERCLA and Hazardous Wastes......Page 270 State Spill Statutes......Page 273 Safe Drinking Water Act......Page 275 Saline Water Conversion......Page 279 40: The Common Law and Water Quality......Page 280 Adirondack Park Agency......Page 284 Environmental Land and Water Management Act......Page 285 Lake Tahoe Regional Planning Agency......Page 287 Watershed Management......Page 288 References for Part IV......Page 289 Part V: Mediation of Water Resources Disputes......Page 292 Glossary of Acronyms......Page 300 Index......Page 302