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Market Transfers of Water Rights: Toward an Improved Market in Water Resources.

PB202620

Publication Date	1971
Personal Author	Meyers, C. J.; Posner, R. A.
Page Count	144
Abstract	The study analyzes imperfections in law and institutions that interfere with market allocation of water resources. These imperfections include laws and policies that restrain transfers, institutional shortcomings that make determination of return flow costly, and the absence of property interests in the return flow generated by the new use. Legislative remedies are suggested in both substantive law and procedure. Mutual water companies are described as providing promise for promoting transfers. Application of the market system to interbasin transfers is considered. (NWC abstract)
Keywords	Water law Government policies Water rights Water resources Economic analysis Marketing Inequalities Transferring Cost analysis Western States Recommendations Organizations
Source Agency	Invalid Source Agency Code
NTIS Subject Category	92D - Education, Law, & Humanities 50B - Civil Engineering
Corporate Authors	National Water Commission, Arlington, VA.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Legal study no. 4 (Final).
NTIS Issue Number	197121

Market Transfers of Water Rights: Toward an Improved Market in Water Resources.

Market Transfers of Water Rights: Toward an Improved Market in Water Resources.
PB202620

Publication Date	1971
Personal Author	Meyers, C. J.; Posner, R. A.
Page Count	144
Abstract	The study analyzes imperfections in law and institutions that interfere with market allocation of water resources. These imperfections include laws and policies that restrain transfers, institutional shortcomings that make determination of return flow costly, and the absence of property interests in the return flow generated by the new use. Legislative remedies are suggested in both substantive law and procedure. Mutual water companies are described as providing promise for promoting transfers. Application of the market system to interbasin transfers is considered. (NWC abstract)
Keywords	Water law Government policies Water rights Water resources Economic analysis Marketing Inequalities Transferring Cost analysis Western States Recommendations Organizations
Source Agency	Invalid Source Agency Code
NTIS Subject Category	92D - Education, Law, & Humanities 50B - Civil Engineering
Corporate Authors	National Water Commission, Arlington, VA.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Legal study no. 4 (Final).
NTIS Issue Number	197121