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Resolving the many conflicts that arise between water’s diverse stakeholders is a big part of water management. Many of the water conflicts that occurred during the twentieth century resulted from the separation of powers in U.S. government. Water management authority has been divided among many different agencies and between the federal and state levels of government. As a result, no uniform policy has been established. Federal policy determination over water and wastewater is in the hands of the House of Representatives and the Environment and Public Works Committee of the U.S. Senate. Appropriations for water and wastewater agencies are developed and administered by the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. This chapter examines some of the domestic and international water conflicts that have existed in the United States.
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McNabb, D.E. (2017). Managing Water Conflicts. In: Water Resource Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54816-6_8
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