SHARING WATER IN TIMES OF SCARCITY GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE AGREEMENTS TO SHARE WATER ACROSS POLITICAL BOUNDARIES

• Corporate Author: Environmental and Water Resources Institute (U.S.)
• Other Authors: Draper, Stephen E. (Editor)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: Reston American Society of Civil Engineers 2006
• Subjects: Water rights > States > United States.; Riparian rights > States > United States; Water rights (International law)
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• Item Description: "This is part II of the final report of the Task Committee for the Shared Use of Transboundary Water Resources, SUTWR."--T.p. verso
• Physical Description: viii, 156 pages 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-151) and index
• ISBN: 9780784408469; 0784408467

This report bridges the theory and practice of effective shared water management by describing a process that local, state, and national governments can use to create or modify transboundary water-sharing agreements. This book provides narrative guidelines and procedures for the initial formulation stage of the water-sharing process. Topics Include: foundation of effective water sharing; water sharing across political boundaries; resource assessments; administration of agreements; and water allocation strategies.