Shared Use of Transboundary Water Resources
Abstract
The sharing of water resources between
separate political entities is a significant source of conflict.
Resolution of these conflicts in the United States has occured
through a variety of mechanisms, ranging from physical
warfare to Supreme Court adjudication to written agreement.
This latter has been the preferred mechanism, primarily
becoause it offers a large degree of certainty and a limited
degree of risk. Unfortunately, the number, style and content
of these various written agreements have left their own degree
of uncertainty because there has been no consistency to these
agreements. The American Society of Civil Engineers has
recognized this shortfall and has instituted a process to
standardize the shared use of transboundary water resources
both in the United States and in the international community.
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