Model Interstate Water Compact - Hardcover

Muys, Jerome C.; Sherk, George William; O'Leary, Marilyn C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826346286 ISBN 13: 9780826346285

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2009

Synopsis

Over the last two decades, there has been a significant increase in bitter struggles over the supervision of interstate water systems throughout the country. The resulting legal actions have been of increasing concern to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, chaired by New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici. In 2000, as a result of Senator Domenici's efforts, the University of New Mexico Law School received funding for the Utton Transboundary Resources Center to draft an interstate water compact to address these disputes.

Conferences conducted at the Center brought together lawyers and scientists from across the nation to discuss and offer insights into the complex water issues. The result is the Model Interstate Water Compact, which encourages states to assume oversight of trans-boundary resources, especially water, avoiding the inefficiency and expense of legal action. In addition to the authors' proposed model, there is a complete cross-referenced listing of existing interstate water compacts in the appendix.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The proposed model water compact, drafted by lawyers and scientists from across the U.S. and documented here, will assist state agencies in alleviating resource disputes and avoiding litigation for years to come.

About the Author:

Jerome C. Muys is president of Muys & Associates, P.C. in Washington, D.C. Muys is past chairman of the American Bar Association's section of Energy, Environment and Resources Law. He has most recently served as a consultant to the Texas state Attorney General regarding interstate issues on the Rio Grande.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0826346286
• ISBN 13: 9780826346285
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528