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Boley Blog: HeinOnline's Water Rights & Resources Database

Be sure to check out HeinOnline's newest legal research database for Water Rights & Resources. This collection focuses on the various uses for water--from hydropower, to agriculture, to drinking water--and how increasing pressures on water supply from climate change exacerbates historical tensions over who has access to water for what purpose. 

One of the most helpful attributes of this database is the addition of 16 new water law-specific subject headings: Clean Water Act, Dams and Hydropower, Drinking Water, Drought and Water Scarcity, Floods and Flood Control, Groundwater, International Bodies of Water, Irrigation, Oceans and Estuaries, River Basins, Sewers and Sewage, Water Delivery and Storage, Water Management, Water Rights and Claims, Water Supply, and Watersheds and Drainage Basins. 

This resource is also useful as a comparative tool when used in tandem with HeinOnline's Subject Compilations of State Laws database, which has subcategories in Water Rights, Drinking Water, Groundwater, Water Taxation, and Wastewater.  

To explore this database for yourself just follow the link for Water Rights & Resources through the Boley A-Z Database.