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Main Title How federal policies affect the allocation of water : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office.
Publisher Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office,
Year Published 2006
OCLC Number 70858582
Subjects Water transfer--Law and legislation--United States ; Water rights--United States ; Water-supply--Government policy--United States ; Water--Law and legislation--United States ; Environmental policy--United States ; Water quality management--United States
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/74xx/doc7471/08-07-WaterAllocation.pdf
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=7471
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS72624
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Status
EJAM POD Internet only Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 08/11/2006
Collation viii, 22 pages ; 28 cm.
Notes
"August 2006." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
Allocation of water resources -- Water uses -- Private rights to use water and the impact on potential reallocations -- The role of prices in facilitating reallocations -- The increasing costs of inflexible water allocations -- Water-rights claims of Indian tribes -- Environmental laws -- Population shifts to arid states -- Drought and climate -- Policy options to facilitate reallocations -- Facilitating water markets -- Encouraging the efficient use of water -- Encouraging the efficient provision of water -- Appendix: Marketing features of Indian water-rights settlements.