Legal Aspects of Urban Runoff Development

• Main Author: Chudnoff, D. A.
• Other Authors: Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson
• Language: en_US
• Published: Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 1978
• Subjects: Hydrology > Arizona.; Water resources development > Arizona.; Hydrology > Southwestern states.; Water resources development > Southwestern states.; Legal aspects; Legal review; Water law; Urban hydrology; Urban runoff; Equitable apportionment; Competing uses; Water resources development; Constraints; Appropriation; Surface runoff; Developed waters; Planning
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/301146

From the Proceedings of the 1978 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona Academy of Science - April 14-15, 1978, Flagstaff, Arizona === The relationships between the separate disciplines of hydrology and law are analysed in this study into how water law and its strictures may impose upon the development of urban runoff in the metropolitan Tucson area. Brief descriptions of the doctrine of appropriation, diffuse surface waters and developed waters are presented to illustrate the complexities of the problem of urban runoff development. It is suggested that planners must not only be aware of the legal issues involved but also must understand the philosophy and principles of water law.