Almanac of Enforceable State Laws to Control Nonpoint Source Water Pollution
Author
James M. McElfish Jr., Environmental Law Institute
Date Released
December 1998
Almanac of Enforceable State Laws to Control Nonpoint Source Water Pollution

This report provides a state-by-state summary, including Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, of enforcement-based laws that are potentially applicable to nonpoint source water pollution. This study discusses the diversity and ubiquity of state legal mechanisms as well as the inconsistent treatment of similar problems from one state to the next.

At the Confluence of the Clean Water Act and Prior Appropriation: The Challenge and Ways Forward
Author
Adam Schempp
Date Released
January 2013
At the Confluence of the Clean Water Act and Prior Appropriation: The Challenge

This report (1) details the impact that water quantity law and practice has had on water quality, and likewise water quality rules on water quantity management; (2) analyzes the legal authorities of states and the federal government over water quantity and quality, respectively, and briefly recaps the current state of takings law relevant to appropriative rights and the Clean Water Act; and (3) identifies laws, policies, government structures, and other factors that can advance relationships between, and ultimately the outcomes for, water quality and quantity management.