Criteria for evaluating state instream-flow programs: Deciding what works

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
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Abstract

Most states have adopted some form of instream-flow–protection program. These programs are of three types: instream-flow water rights; reservations of water for instream purposes; and conditions on consumptive water rights. No matter which type of protection program is adapted, the same question remains: How can we tell if it works? Several authors have attempted to answer this question. The works of these analysts are reviewed and criteria are suggested to evaluate the success of an instream-flow–protection program. The criteria are public confidence, certainty, proper administration, expense, and outcome in-stream.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Criteria for evaluating state instream-flow programs: Deciding what works
Series title Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(1995)121:3(270)
Volume 121
Issue 3
Year Published 1995
Language English
Publisher American Society of Civil Engineers
Contributing office(s) Fort Collins Science Center
Description 5 p.
First page 270
Last page 274
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