Colorado River Project. Phase I: Water Rights and Allocations

Abstract

While this section is concerned with the institutions pertaining to the Colorado River specifically, the approach to them is tangential so as to allow the extant institutions to be embedded in the underlying set of alternative policies and institutions, and thus provide a deeper appreciation of the status quo. This serves to indicate the appropriateness (or lack thereof) of present institutions in some cases or at least their arbitrariness. As matters of equity are difficult and often impossible to assess, we observe only the legal and technical efficiency of the institutions and water laws.

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