Ground Water Sources and Links

Arizona Department of Water Resources:  http://www.azwater.gov/dwr/ [1]

Burden, C.B. et al., U.S. Geological Survey, Groundwater Conditions in Utah (2006).

California Dept. of Water Resources, California's Groundwater Update, Bulletin 118, Update 2003 (2003):  http://www.groundwater.water.ca.gov/bulletin118/ [2]

California Dept. of Water Resources, California Water Plan Update, Bulletin 160, Update 2005 (2005):  http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/ [3]

Center for Biological Diversity:  http://savetheverde.org/verde/ [4]

Colorado Division of Water Resources:  http://water.state.co.us/groundwater/groundwater.asp [5]

Colorado Geological Survey, Ground Water Atlas of Colorado:  http://geosurvey.state.co.us/wateratlas/ [6]

Colorado Water Users Association, Nevada:  http://www.crwua.org/nv/crwua_nv.htm [7]

Corbridge, James N. Jr., Rich, Teresa A., Varnesh's Colorado Water Law, University of Colorado Press, 1999.

Darin, Thomas F, Waste or Wasted? - Rethinking the Regulation of Coalbed Methane Byproduct Water in the Rocky Mountains: A Comparative Analysis of Approaches to Coalbed Methane Produced Water Quantity Legal Issues in Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, 17 Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation 281-341 (2002).

Environmental Literacy Council, Coal Bed Methane:  http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/615.html [8]

Glennon, Robert, Water Follies Island Press, 2002.

Glennon Robert J. and Maddock III, Thomas, The Concept of Capture: The Hydrology and Law of Stream/Aquifer Interactions. The Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, Vol 423, pp. 22-1-22-89, 1997.

Great Basin Mine Watch:  http://www.greatbasinminewatch.org/dewatering.html [9]

Headwaters, The Groundwater Puzzle, Summer 2006.

Houston, Janet, Legislative Changes Impact Groundwater Management in Utah, University of Utah, Center for Public Policy and Administration, Feb. 28, 2006:  http://www.imakenews.com/cppa/e_article000538869.cfm?x=b11,0,w [10]

Johnson, Kirk, Drier, Tainted Nevada May Be Legacy of Gold Rush, New York Times, December 30, 2005, at A1.

MacKinnon, Anne and Kate Fox, Beyond Beneficial Use: Opportunities and Obligations for Wyoming Regulators in Coalbed Methane, 6 Wyoming Law Review (Summer 2006).

McKinnon, Shaun, Water Wells Draining Rivers at their Source, The Arizona Republic August 7, 2006.

Natural Resource Conservation Service, The Gallatin Watershed Sourcebook: A Resident's Guide:  http://www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ecs/watersheds/galsourcebook/index.html [11]

Pacific Institute 2005 - California Water 2030: An Efficient Future, Pacific Institute (2005).

PCL 2004 - Investment Strategy for California Water, Planning and Conservation League (2004).

Powder River Basin Resource Council:  http://www.powderriverbasin.org/ [12]

Sax, Joseph L., We Don't Do Groundwater: A Morsel of California Legal History, 6 U.Denv. Water L.Rev. 269, 270 (2003).

Skov, Josh and Nancy Myers, Easy Money, Hidden Costs: Applying the Precautionary Economic Analysis to Coalbed Methane in the Powder River Basin, A Report of the Science and Environmental Health Network (June 2004):  http://www.sehn.org/ [13]

Sporhase v. Nebraska, 458 U.S. 941 (1982).

State of Nevada, Division of Water Resources, Nevada Water Law: An overview (2006):  http://water.nv.gov [14]

State of Nevada, Division of Water Resources, Nevada Water Facts (2006):  http://water.nv.gov [14]

U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Nevada: Water Rights Fact Sheet, August 15, 2001:  http://www.blm.gov/nstc/WaterLaws/nevada.html [15]

USGS, Groundwater Atlas of the United States:  http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/gwa.html [16]

Utah Division of Water Resources, Conjunctive Management of Surface and Groundwater in Utah (July 2005):  http://www.water.utah.gov/CMReport/CMReport1A.pdf [17]

Water Atlas of Utah:  http://www.engineering.usu.edu/uwrl/atlas/ch7/index.html [18]

Winter, T.C., J.W. Harvey, O.L. Franke, and W.M. Alley, Ground Water and Surface Water A Single Resource, USGS Circular 1139:  http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1139/ [19]

Wolfe, Lawrence J. and Jennifer G. Hager, Wyoming's Groundwater Laws: Quantity and Quality Regulation, 24 Land and Water Law Review 39-84 (1989).

For more information about TU's north coast water right petition:
http://www.tucalifornia.org/pressreleases2.htm#041028 [20]
http://www.waterrights.ca.gov/coastal_streams/tupetition.html [21]

For more information about the California State Water Quality Control Board policy on instream flows:
http://www.waterrights.ca.gov/HTML/instreamflow_nccs.html [22]

Map: A snapshot shows the proliferation of Sonoma County wells (yellow),
un-permitted surface water diversions (orange), and permitted diversions (green).

Source: Sonoma County Water Agency (2005).