Title |
A Summary-Digest of State Water Laws |
Creator |
Dewsnup, Richard L.; Jensen, Dallin W.; Swenson, Robert W. |
Subject |
Water -- Law and legislation; Water resources development -- Law and legislation |
Spatial Coverage |
United States |
OCR Text |
Show This summary-digest of the water laws of the 50 States - their statutes, court decisions, and administrative arrangements - was prepared by the staff of the National Water Commission. |
Publisher |
[Arlington, Va.] : National Water Commission [1973] |
Date |
1973 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Digitization Specifications |
Pages were scanned at 400 ppi on Fujitsu fi-5650C sheetfed scanner as 8-bit grayscale or 24-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. For ContentDM access the images were resampled to 750 pixels wide and 120 dpi and saved as JPEG (level 8) in PhotoShop CS with Unsharp Mask of 100/.3. Foldout pages larger than 11" x 14" were captured using a BetterLight Super 8K-2 digital camera back on a 4x5 view camera (100mm Schneider APO lens). Oversize images were resampled to 1500 pixels wide. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) by ABBYY FineReader 7.0 with manual review. |
Resource Identifier |
http://content.lib.utah.edu/cgi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/wwdl-doc&CISOPTR=1448 |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
Western Waters Digital Library |
Rights Management |
Digital Image Copyright 2004, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved. |
Contributing Institution |
S.J. Quinney Law Library, 332 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0730 |
Source Physical Dimensions |
xiii, 826 p. ; 24 cm. |
Scanning Technician |
Backstage Library Works, 1180 S. 800 E., Orem, UT 84097 |
Call Number |
SUDOC: Y 3.N 21/24:2 L 44/2; LC: KF5570 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s62f7ms1 |
Setname |
wwdl_documents |
ID |
1134281 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62f7ms1 |
Title |
UUM_SumDigest_page_075 |
OCR Text |
Show Part II Chapter 1. ALABAMA CONTENTS Page 1. Development of (Alabama Water Law___________________________ 75 2. 'State Organizational Structure for Water Administration and Control__ 76 2.1 Administration of Water Rights________________________ 76 2.2 Resolution of Water Use Conflicts______________________ 76 2.3 Other Agencies Having Water Resource Responsibilities____ 76 3. Surface Waters______________________________________________ 77 3.1 Method of Acquiring Rights___________________________ 77 3.2 Nature and Limit of Rights___________________________ 78 3.3 Changes, Sales, and Transfers__________________________ 81 3.4 Loss of Rights_______________________________________ 81 3.5 Storage Waters, Artificial Lakes, and Ponds______________ 82 3.6 Springs____________________________________________ 83 3.7 Diffused Surface Waters______________________________ 84 4. Ground Water_______________________________________________ 85 Publications Available__________________________________________ 86 DISCUSSION 1. Development of Alabama Water Law Alabama has always been a "riparian rights" State. Legislation in the water field in recent years has been confined pretty much to drain- age and pollution problems. The development of the law of riparian rights was affected by the State's transformation from a predominantly agrarian economy in the pre-Civil War period to an important industrial and mining center after reconstruction and during the period of 1880-90.1 Changes in the State's economy brought about some rather basic alterations in the early judicial attitude toward riparian rights.2 What remains in the cases is a rather curious mixture of sometimes inconsistent philosophies. There is presently some indication that the renewed importance of agriculture and the current interest in public recreation and control of pollution of the State's streams may again cause the Alabama courts to reconsider earlier precedents decided during the "industrial period." 1 See Moore, "History of Alabama," 284, 531 (1935). a The Alabama cases are ably covered in H. Cohen, "Water Law in Alabama-A Com- parative Survey," 24 Ala. L. Rev. 453, 458-72 (1972) and note, 12 Ala. L. Rev. 155 (1959). 75 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Resource Identifier |
091_UUM_SumDigest_page_075.jpg |
Source |
Original Book : A Summary-Digest of State Water Laws |
Setname |
wwdl_documents |
ID |
1133538 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62f7ms1/1133538 |