Water Resources Law & Policy (LAW 389, Arnold): Water Systems

Identify the following features of your selected water system (watershed, runoff/water pollution, drinking water, OR flooding) in your selected city or urban area:

• Characteristics
• Goals
• Structures
• Functions
• Processes/Dynamics
• Problems

Use the following resources:

• Assigned readings in class, as a guide to the kind of information to seek & the kind of resources that could be sought
• Government agency websites
• Websites of major stakeholders (e.g., nonprofits, business or professional organizations, advocacy groups, etc.)
• Studies by research centers, government agencies, or nonprofits
• Academic journal databases in the University Libraries system
• News articles: Internet search and/or Westlaw/Lexis-Nexis news database search
• AWRA, UCOWR, WaterWired, UAA, and AWWA all may be good sources of information
• Google Scholar search for academic journal articles
• Chapters in academic books: try a search engine like Google Books AND the University Libraries catalog