“Whiskey is for drinkin’, water is for fightin’ over.”
Submitted by VR on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 22:10in
Aquanomics
Water Markets and the Environment
http://www.independent.org/publications/books/book_summary.a...
"The enforcement of water rights and contracts in the United States has weakened. Some of the reasons are changes to federal and state laws, the expanding public-trust doctrine in the courts, and the assertions of new stakeholder rights. These trends are often accommodated by the failure of regulators and conservationists to see how a market-based system of water rights can reduce waste and pollution, and enhance water flow, water quality, and ecosystem management."
