The Bureau of Reclamation has nearly completed the $500 million dollar Animas-La Plata water project in southwestern Colorado. The purpose of the project is to settle Native American water rights claims by storing municipal and industrial water in Nighthorse Reservoir for the Ute Mountain Ute...

In September 2005, Native American Rights Fund and Western States Water Council brought the Indian Water Rights Settlement Conference to Moscow, Idaho. Native American Rights Fund is the oldest and largest nonprofit dedicated to asserting and defending Native American interests nationwide, and...

Climate and water supply have always been intimately connected. As a result, a given society's water law generally reflects climatic realities, including its most common climate disasters. In the future, however, water-related climate disasters are likely to increase in frequency and perhaps...

This article investigates key aspects related to managing water resources, and explores their implications for economic efficiency: incomplete property rights; overallocation of water; the divergence between water entitlements and productivity of water use. These issues are explored in a...

Since 2001, Colorado has recognized a special type of water right for whitewater parks, which are designed and constructed within a river channel to provide play features for kayakers and other boaters. These water rights, called recreational in-channel diversions or RICDs, are unique to...

This article looks at the legislative implementation by Victoria of its obligations under the National Water Initiative in relation to Indigenous water rights, highlighting the inconsistencies between what the Victorian government advised the National Water Commission and what had actually occurred

"From the founders of nonprofits Water.org & WaterEquity Gary White and Matt Damon, the incredible true story of two unlikely allies on a mission to end the global water crisis for good When Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon visited rural Zambia in 2006, the last thing he expected was to become a...