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Aug 1971
Can Engineering Forecasters Effect Water Law?
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Volume 97, Issue 4
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The writers have pointed out the emerging water resources problems associated with the escalation of the nation's life style and population growth made possible by unprecedented technological capability. The importance of shear magnitude and short response time as well as an evident shift of emphasis from an open loop to a closed loop system was also stressed. Engineering has accepted the necessity of advance planning and exploration of alternates using the systems approach looking at possible and probable worlds. Comprehensive systems with roots firmly grounded in the future are required to meet the needs before they present themselves, freeing the engineer from historic and rigid laws. The Riparian and appropriation doctrines are all found wanting, and based on a Res Communes doctrine legislative law is suggested that will provide for operation and management of water resources system in an optimal fashion, permitting engineers, economists, and lawyers to work together placing technological and ecological priorities in their proper perspective. Such a system would protect long-term investment, enable long-range planning and establish alternative goals.
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Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division
Volume 97 • Issue 4 • August 1971
Pages: 479 - 484
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© 1971 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Aug 1971
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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George W. Reid, M.ASCE
Dir., School of Civ. Engrg. and Environmental Science, The Bureau of Water Resources Research, The Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
E. Edd Pritchett
Legal Assistant to the Governor of The State of Oklahoma
Susan Pritchett
Student, The Univ. of Oklahoma Law School, Norman, Okla.
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