Ground water and the law - some selected annotated references

Open-File Report 55-184
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Abstract

The strictly "legal" literature of ground-water use and control -except for a few essays in certain of the law reviews- is quite limited. A larger and more pointful source of information and analysis is the legal-scientific writings of the geologists, hydrologists, meteorologists, engineers and others. When new statutes are to be drafted by legislatures, and new decisions are to be made by courts on this subject, such literature may well be of far greater importance than legal precedents unfounded on scientific fact. This may be demonstrated by the character and scope of the legal-scientific literature of ground water, just one branch of water science, but one which is of major importance to any thoughtful consideration of water use and control.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Ground water and the law - some selected annotated references
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 55-184
DOI 10.3133/ofr55184
Year Published 1955
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 4 p.
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