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The California Law Of Water Rights, 2nd Printing By Wells A. Hutchins PREFACE TO THE SECOND PRINTING: In the almost half century since the State of California published this book, it has become a valuable aid to the understanding of the unique California water law. This book marks the path of the California's water laws from the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo and the camps of the forty-niners through the pivotal cases of Lux v. Haggin in 1886 and Katz v. Walkinshaw in 1903. $ 80 plus tax and shipping ($ 90.75)----New, 2nd printing, Hardbound, 585 pages |
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Water Law in a Nut ShellBy David H. Getches This new (2009) fourth edition is a small book (5 by 7.5 & 492 pages). In it, David Getches has managed to pack the story of water rights in the American west, with comments on the laws differing from one state to the next. This can serve as a beginning for the reader new to water rights legislation and also as an excellent quick reference. $ 31 plus tax and shipping ($ 37.46)----New, Paperback, 492 pages |
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California Rivers and StreamsBy Jeffrey Mount A discussion of how our California rivers shape our landscape and our lives and the history of river use from Placer mining for gold to the reclamation dams and canals to the urbanization of rivers and effects of climate change. $ 31.95 plus tax and shipping ($ 38.50)----New, Paperback, 359 pages |
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California Water IIBy Arthur Littleworth and Eric Garner This is a comprehensive, yet concise guide to historical, legal and policy issues affecting the use of water in California written by two highly experienced water law attornies. $122 plus tax and shipping ($136.43)----New, Paperback, 428 pages |
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The Great ThirstBy Norris Hundley, Jr. Norris Hundley, Jr. has taken a difficult and complex subject and with sanity, objectivity and smoothness of style, woven a story of politics, power, greed and legal battles from the gold rush days to the Mono Lakes litigation and the public trust doctrine. William Kahrl, author of "Water and Power", says this is the best reference on California water history that there is. $ 25.95 plus tax and shipping ($ 31.97)----New, Paperback, 800 pages |
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Groundwater in the EnvironmentBy Paul Younger This recent book (2007), gives a thorough introduction into the magic of groundwater without resorting to complex equations. This book will be your reference to the netherworld of water. $ 55 plus tax and shipping ($ 63.56)----New, Paperback, 318 pages |
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Indian Reserved Water RightsBy John Shurts The 1908 Supreme Court decision on the Belknap Indian Reservation rights to water from the Milk River in northern Montana chaged the complexion of water rights for not only Indian reservations, but also US government parks, forests, and military installations. $24.95 plus tax and shipping ($30.88)----New, Hardbound, 333 pages |
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Water Rights Laws in the Nineteen Western StatesBy Wells Hutchins This was first printed posthumously in 1972 and was reprinted later as very attractive and expensive set. The volumes affered here are not the reprint; this si the first printing and is reluctantly offered at a very reasonable price. It shows some normal shelf wear. $225 plus tax and shipping ($250.19)----Three volumes, Used, First printing, Hardbound, Good condition (rare) |
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The World's WaterBy Peter H. Gleick Produced biennially, The World’s Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them. It is an essential reference for water resource professionals in government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, researchers, students, and anyone concerned with water and its use. $35 plus tax and shipping ($41.81)----New, Paperback, 402 pages |