What is the one most-asked question lawyers will find an answer to in Essentials of Texas Water Resources?
How does Texas make legal and policy decisions about water resources?
What did you find most rewarding or interesting about volunteering your time to this project?
There are only two Texas water law treatises of which I am aware. One was published in the 1960s (Hutchins) and the second was published in the 1990s (Skillern). Neither has been kept updated. As this issue increases in importance, the law changes rapidly. What I find most rewarding is knowing that this book will contribute to the body of law on this subject and fill an important need, especially because it is designed to be updated periodically.
What I found to be most interesting is working with the publisher and the many authors and expanding my knowledge about the subject.
What makes this book stand out from others on water law? How is this book different?
Currently, the only up to date source of Texas water law is seminar papers. There are no current Texas water law books. The goal of this book is to cover all aspects of water resource law. In order to do so, it lays the foundation with a solid grounding in scientific terms and concepts, as well as policy and planning.
State one compelling reason why attorneys should have this book on their shelves.
Water is essential to the state’s economic growth and to the well-being of its citizens. Every day the news media carries stories about water. If an attorney is counseling clients about water, the book will be an invaluable resource. If an attorney’s practice does not generally include water law, the book will be a cost-effective method for identifying when water issues may be important to the attorney’s clients.
What are you reading now?
Prairie Nocturne by Ivan Doig; Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell; and Smithsonian, Texas Highways, Nature Conservancy, and Preservation magazines.
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Does the book look at the impact of drought on water resources?
Does the book take into consideration irrigation?
I am interested in drip irrigation. Is there any mention of drip irrigation in the book?
Thanks for your comment. Let me check with the publication’s attorney and I will get an answer to you shortly.
The answer is yes to the first two questions; there’s a whole chapter on drought, and both drought and irrigation are discussed in lots of chapters. “Drip irrigation” is mentioned 3 times in the book in discussing water use restrictions during drought conditions, but there is no treatment/discussion of drip irrigation as a topic.
Let me know if there are any other questions we can answer.