Water in New Mexico : a history of its management and use
Ira G. Clark (Author)
Originally published in 1987, Water in New Mexico remains one of the most comprehensive studies of a natural resource for any state. It contains material from the earliest pueblo irrigation systems to recent judicial decisions. Clark has effectively narrated a complex and tangled history in a style that is accessible to lay readers as well as to specialists.
Print Book, English, 1987
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University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1987
History
xviii, 839 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
9780826309235, 0826309232
15014778
Ancient ones and their successors
Spain sends its laws to the New World
New Mexico changes hands
Congressmen
and others
discover the arid lands
Remolding land law to arid conditions
In search of a reclamation policy
New Mexico reacts to federal legislation
New Mexico expands its local water institutions
New Mexico defines its law and refines its practices
From reclamation to conservation
New state and its water problems
From irrigation districts to conservancy districts
Dividing the waters to interstate streams
Groundwater in the ascendancy
Depression and war years
Trials and tribulations of groundwater administration
Intrastate problems and progress
Institutional water administration
Cooperative federalism
Crises : environmental and energy
Interstate compacts, conflicts, and compromises
Federal lands and installations
Indian water rights
Retrospect and prospect