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Sharing the common pool : water rights in the everyday lives of Texans / Charles R. Porter Jr. ; foreword by Andrew Sansom.
Van Pelt Library KFT1323.W2 P67 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Porter, Charles R., Jr., 1951- author.
- Series:
- River books.
- River books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water rights--Texas.
- Water rights.
- Texas.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 247 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Water rights in the everyday lives of Texans
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- The unique characteristics of water and water rights in Texas
- Water rights and water law in general
- Water : state owned
- Water : privately owned
- Water : shared ownership
- Supply and demand, today and tomorrow
- How we use water
- Who regulates water use?
- Water and everyday real estate transactions
- Public policy debates in the recent past
- Public policy through the crystal ball
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1. Significant court cases concerning Texas water rights
- Appendix 2. Government and other resources
- Appendix 3. Texas Supreme Court cases and other significant Texas cases.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (217-233 pages)and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781623491376
- 1623491371
- OCLC:
- 862066424
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