William Goldfarb

Water Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1988
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780873711111
• ISBN-10: 0873711114
• Artikelnr.: 23822208

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.