1. The Water Allocation Problem:  Physical and Economic Dimensions 
    pp. 1-50 

2. Water Law in the East:  Riparian Law 
    pp. 51-56, 62-70, 80-91  (Tyler, Stratton, Harris) 

3. pp. 93-110, 116-121, 432-434  (Pyle, Little Blue, Thompson) 

4. Public Rights to Use Waterways 
    pp. 392-99, 405-09, 413-419, 447-448, 454-469  (Marks, Montana
           Coalition, Emmert) 
          [409-413  (Illinois Central)] 

5. The Invention of Western Water Law: Private Rights in a Public Resource 
    pp. 149-155, 157-159, 164-177  (California-Oregon, Colorado Dep’t of 
           Natural Resources) 
          [155-157, 160-164  (Irwin, Coffin)] 

6. Priority and Easing the Diversion Requirement 
    pp. 177-195  (Sand Point, Denver, Miranda) 

7. "Beneficial Use" Expands to Include Instream Flows 
    pp. 198-209  (Idaho Dep’t of Parks, Thornton) 
          [195-198  (Empire)] 

8. "Beneficial Use": A Limit on Waste and Inefficiency? 
    pp. 209-227, and Supp.  (Cary, Crowley, AB Cattle, Grimes)

 9. Water Available for Appropriation 
     pp. 244-263 (Steed, Fulton, Shelton Farms) 

10. Appropriation of Water Under State Law — A Colorado Example 
      pp. 235-244, and Supp. (Bijou)

11. Transferring the Right to Use Water:  The "No Harm" Rule 
      pp. 303-326, and Supp.  (Green, Orr, Metro Denver, Boulder) 

12. Transfers and Exchanges to Improve Efficiency of Water Use 
      pp. 326-345  (Wilder Irrig. Dist., Glacier View Meadows) 

13. Restricting Transfers To Protect Third Parties 
      pp. 345-358, 748-760  (Sheriff, Colorado River Water Conservation 
            Dist., Sporhase) 

14. Protecting The Public’s Interest in Water 
      pp. 263-281, 295-296, and Supp.  (Shokal, Arapahoe County, Bonham) 
            [281-295  (Alamosa-La Jara, National Audubon)] 

15. Public Rights v. Private Rights to Use Water:  A "Taking" of Property? 
      pp. 364-365, 371-376, 380-391, and Supp.  (Willis, Lucas, Nollan) 

16. Groundwater: Conflicts Among Pumpers 
      pp. 478-514  (Higday, Albuquerque, Wayman) 

17. Groundwater:  Searching for Sustainability 
      pp. 514-538  (Baker, Mathers, Fundingsland) 

***Assign #18 is deleted**
18. The Arizona Groundwater Management Act 
      pp. 538-557  (Chino Valley) 
***Assign #18 is deleted**

19. Federal Power Over Water:  The Navigation Servitude 
      pp. 678-681, 696-709  (Rands, Gerlach) 
            [671-678 (Appalachian Power)] 

20. Federal Water Development 
      pp. 664-671, 681-696  (Peterson) 

21. Preemption of State Laws 
      pp. 709-728  (First Iowa, Calif. v. U.S., Calif. v. FERC) 

22. Federal Environmental Legislation:  §404 and Endangered Species Act 
      pp. 728-748  (Riverside Bayview, Riverside Irrig. Dist., National 
            Wildlife Fed’n) 

 23. Section 401: Interaction of Federal and State Law to Protect Water Quality 
      pp. 132-136, 227-235, 297-303, and Supp. (State Water Resources 
            Control Bd., PUD No. 1) 

24. Federal and Indian Reserved Rights:  Basis and Extent 
      pp. 760-764, 767-777, 787-808  (Arizona, New Mexico, Adair) 
           [764-767  (Winters)] 

25. Adjudication of Reserved Rights 
      pp. 777-787, 808-822 (Eagle County, Sierra Club, Big Horn) 

26. Interstate Allocation:  Equitable Apportionment 
      pp. 831-839, 842-854  (Kansas, Bean, Colorado I, Colorado II) 

27&28. Interstate Allocation:  Compacts and Congressional Action — The
             Colorado River 
       pp. 863-865, 871-910  (Arizona) 
 
 
Class Participation and Attendance 
Up to five points will be added to class grades after calculating the final exam and short paper grades and then the totals will be re-curved to reflect the Law School grade distribution guidelines.  Highest points are for voluntary participation (quality counts more than quantity, of course).  Being absent or unprepared is a liability.  Under the Law School Rules, you can be prevented from taking the final exam if you miss six classes. 

Final Exam 
The exam will be 2 to 2-1/2 hours in length and will be closed book. 

Short Paper 
Students will write a 750-1000 word (no longer!) paper after reading a book chosen from the list below.  The paper will address a strength or weakness in water law or policy as illustrated by the author.  The central purpose is to engage in a discussion of an important issue emplying the thesis or the ideas of the author of the book you read.  It need not be an issue actually discussed by the author.  You can discuss how the author might deal with the issue, or you can use the opportunity to criticize the book — showing how the book provides a useful approach to your chosen issue, or how the ideas in it fall short or are misguided when applied to the issue. 
     The paper is due on or before March 19, 1999 at 5:00 p.m.  This is the end of the tenth week of class so by then you should be able to evaluate the author’s perspective in light of your own growing base of knowledge of water law. 
     Papers should not be heavily footnoted but should cite (in text or footnote) to pages in the book being reviewed to support points or arguments and must cite any ideas of others or outside sources relied upon.  The Honor Code applies, of course, and it will be rigorously applied.  In addition to any and all penalties otherwise applicable, the paper will be averaged as a grade of zero (that's right, not a 55) in computing your final grade for the slightest violation.  So, do not share any information about your work or even risk allowing someone else to appropriate it.  Although heavy footnotes are discouraged, you must cite any ideas that are not yours.  Even short segments of text from a source must be in quotes.  If you have knowledge or information of anyone else violating the Code you must report it or be in violation yourself.  And so on. 
     Paper grades will count 20% of the final grade.  The final examination and class participation will make up the rest of the grade. 
     Following are books that should be interesting and informative to read.  You may choose any book from the list so long as it is one that you have not already read.  If you find none of these interesting or have read them all, you may propose another book to read or ask me to suggest one. 

 Book List  

Terry L. Anderson, Water Crisis:  Ending the Policy Drought (1983) 

Sarah Bates, David H. Getches, Lawrence J. MacDonnell & Charles F. 
      Wilkinson, Searching Out the Headwaters: Change and Rediscovery
       in Western Water Policy (1993) 

William Blomquist, Dividing the Water (1992) 

F. Lee Brown and Helen M. Ingram, Water and Poverty in the 
      Southwest (1987) 

Lloyd Burton, American Indian Water Rights and the Limits of 
      the Law (1991) 

Robert G. Dunbar, Forging New Rights in Western Waters (1983) 

Philip L. Fradkin, A River No More:  The Colorado River and the 
      West (1996 revision) 

William L. Kahrl, Water and Power:  The Struggle over Los Angeles’ 
      Water Supply in the Owens Valley (1982) 

Daniel McCool, Command of the Waters:  Iron Triangles, Federal 
      Water Development, and Indian Water (1987) 

Michael C. Meyer, Water in the Hispanic Southwest: A Social and Legal
      History 1550-1850 (1984) 

Marc Reisner, Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing
      Water (1986) 

Richard W. Wahl, Markets for Federal Water:  Subsidies, Property Rights, 
      and the Bureau of Reclamation  (1989) 

Donald Worster, Rivers of Empire: Water Aridity, and the Growth of 
      the American West  (1985) 

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