Sharing the common pool : water rights in the everyday lives of texans / Charles R. Porter ; foreword by Andrew Sansom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Charles R., Jr., 1952- author.

Series:

River books (Series)

River Books Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water rights--Texas.

Water rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station, [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If all the people, municipalities, agencies, businesses, power plants, and other entities that think they have a right to the water in Texas actually tried to exercise those rights, there would not be enough water to satisfy all claims, no matter how legitimate. In Sharing the Common Pool: Water Rights in the Everyday Lives of Texans, water rights expert Charles Porter explains in the simplest possible terms who has rights to the water in Texas, who determines who has those rights, and who benefits or suffers because of it.The origins of Texas water law, which contains

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-170-3

OCLC:

874322968