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Face To Face – After the Desert Has Bloomed
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1986.tb05827.x
Subject(s) - commission , american west , subsidy , face (sociological concept) , public administration , government (linguistics) , doctrine , water resources , business , environmental planning , political science , environmental science , finance , law , sociology , social science , linguistics , philosophy , ecology , ethnology , biology
The role of the federal government in water development in the American West is discussed. Topics addressed include the following: the role the US Bureau of Reclamation; projects in which the Bureau is involved; Indian water projects; subsidization vs actual cost pricing; in‐stream uses; the federal government's influence on water issues in the West; the public trust doctrine; water rights transfers and conflicts; the fragmentation of federal water management; and the roles of the Water Resources Council and the National Water Commission.