Clean Water Act (CWA)
A guide to the federal Clean Water Act (CWA).
About Interstate Compacts
- Federal-Interstate Compact Commissions: Useful Mechanisms for Planning and Managing River Basin Operations (1981)
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(U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)) - Interstate Compacts: An Overview (June 15, 2023)
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(Congressional Research Service (CRS)) - Interstate Compacts: An Overview of the Structure and Governance of Environment and Natural Resource Compacts (2007)
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(U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)) - Interstate Compacts in the United States (2018)
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(Law Library of Congress)
Locating Compacts
- Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Interstate Compacts (1992)
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(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Provides brief summaries of compacts relating to interstate water apportionment, water pollution control, and water resources and flood control. - Interstate Water Compacts, 1785-1941: Analytical Table and Copies of Compacts
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(United States. National Resources Planning Board. Water Resources Committee) - Lower Colorado Region: Law of the River
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(U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)
Provides links to documents relating to the apportionment of water and use and management of the Colorado River among the seven basin states and Mexico. - National Center for Interstate Compacts
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(The Council of State Governments (CSG))
Provides links to over 1,500 interstate compacts, state memberships for each compact, and citations to a state compact's statutory language. Searchable by state, compact name, keyword and topic.
Commentary & Analysis
The Evolving Law and Use of Interstate Compacts, 2d ed. by 
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Explains the theoretical principles behind interstate compacts: best practices with developing and drafting compacts; practical implications of operating in a compact-regulated environment; and the unique law of interstate compacts, including gaps, conflicts and trends.
Interstate Water Compacts: Intergovernmental Efforts to Manage America's Water Resources by - This link opens in a new window
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Examines intergovernmental efforts within the United States to manage the nation's water supply.
Water Rights of the Eastern United States by - This link opens in a new window
Lays out fundamentals of water rights and then focuses on the riparian systems of the eastern US.
Waters and Water Rights, 3d ed.
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Part VIII of this treatise discusses interstate water allocation.
Related Guides
- Student Project: Interstate Water Compacts
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(Pace Law Library) - Water Law - State Resources: Interstate Agreement Resources
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(Texas A&M University School of Law, Dee J. Kelly Law Library) - State Materials
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(GW Law Library)