Abstract: With the recent withdrawal of the interstate compact between California and Nevada from the U.S. Senate there has arisen consideration of a suit for equitable apportionment in the U.S. Supreme Court to determine the rights ...

Abstract: There has been a great deal of concern in the Western States regarding the concept of federally reserved water rights. History has shown that the federal government has reserved rights to both surface and ground waters on ...

Abstract: Conflicts occur between the commerce clause of the US Constitution and state statutes that forbid the export of water to other states. In Nebraska versus Sporhase, such a conflict was examined and a far‐reaching decision ...

Abstract: There is interest in the possibility of purchasing Indians' reserved water rights to use either on or off the reservation for various purposes. Those wishing to purchase such reserved rights should examine the law closely, ...

Abstract: The expansion of the concept and application of the Public Trust Doctrine (PTD) to water rights and the attendant water resource is considered. The Public Trust Doctrine traditionally has been limited to lands over which ...

Abstract: The Galloway Project has presented the states on the Colorado River with a proposal requiring a new definition of rights under the Colorado River Compact. These proposals have caused several agencies and states to reevaluate ...