pt. I. Doctrines and rights
1. Establishing water laws
Tyler v. Wilkinson (1827)
William H. Cary v. Albert Daniels (1844)
Coffin et al. v. Left Hand Ditch company (1882)
Charles Lux et al. , appellants v. James B. Haggin et al. The Kern River Land and Canal Company, respondent (1886)
2. Native American fishing and water rights
Winters v. United States (1908)
Arizona v. California (1963)
United States of America, plaintiff, Quinault Tribe of Indians on its own behalf and on behalf of the Queets Band of Indians, et al., intervenor-plaintiffs, v. State of Washington, defendant, Thor C. Tollefson, Director, Washington State Department of Fisheries, et.al., intervenor and defendants (1974)
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, plaintiff, v. Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., Secretary of the Army of the United States, Lt. Gen. John W. Morris, Chief of Engineers, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Christopher J. Allaire, District Engineer, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, defendants (1977)
United States of America, et al., plaintiffs, v. State of Washington et al., defendants (1980)
The Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act (1990)
The Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act (1992)
pt. II. Waters of the West
3. Waters of the West
Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah, with maps, 2nd ed. (1879)
The Federal Desert Land Act of 1894, also known as the Carey Land Act
The Reclamation Act of 1902
The Colorado River Compact of 1922
The Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928)
The Colorado River Storage Project Act (1956)
Arizona v. California, 373 U.S. 546 (1963)
Colorado River Basin Act of 1968
pt. III. Border regions
4. Water and Mexico
The Rio Grande River Convention of 1906
The United States-Mexico Water Treaty (1944)
The United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act (2006)
5. Water and Canada
The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909
The Great Lakes Charter (1985)
The Great Lakes Water Quality Protocol of 2012
pt. IV. Water management and flood control
6. Flood control legislation
Flood Control Act of 1928
Flood Control Act of 1944
Flood Control Act of 1962
7. Dams and levees
National Dam Safety Program Act of 1996
A failure of initiative : Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, conclusion (2006)


Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, 1999-2004, overview of major findings and implications (2009)
Summary report of short-term screening level calculation and analysis of available animal studies for MCHM (2014)
12. Fracking
Evaluation of impacts to underground sources of drinking water by hydraulic fracturing of coalbed methane reservoirs, conclusions and recommendations (2004)
Study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources : progress report, executive summary (2012)
H.R. 2728 : Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act (2013)
13. The impact of climate change on water supply
2013 highlights of progress : responses to climate change by the National Water Program (2014)
Climate change impacts in the United States : Thrid National Climate Assessment, Finding 7 Water (2014)
Chronology.