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<br /> <br /> <br />'= <br /> <br />822 <br /> <br />NATURAL RESOURCES JOURNAL <br /> <br />[Vol 37 <br /> <br />I. REALLOCATIONS AND TRANSFERS <br /> <br />Although long authorized under the prior appropriation doctrine, transfers are one of the m st <br />debated topics in western water law today. At least seven benefits have been attributed to w!'ter <br />transfers. In addition to providing a new source of water supply to growing cities, transfers re <br />justified as (1) a tool to manage drought, (2) a means to provide water for environmental d <br />recreational needs, (3) a way to promote efficient water use, (4) a way to encourage conservati n, <br />(5) an alternative to new reservoir construction and (6) a means to promote political and social <br />harmony. The following literature generally documents transfer benefits and offers speci Ie <br />exemplars of those benefits. <br /> <br />1. Transfer Benefits <br /> <br />Owen Anderson & Pauline Simmons, Reallocation, in WATERS AND W A TERRlGHTS 234-4 8 <br />(Robert Beck ed., 1991). <br /> <br />John H. Davidson, Emerging Issues in Western Water Transfers, 13 J. AGRlC. Tax'N & L. 3 <br />(1991). <br /> <br />Leo Eisel, The Role of Engineering in the Age of Water Reallocation, in A.L.l. A.B.A. COURSE 0 <br />STUDY: WESTERN WATER LAW IN THE AGE OF REALLOCATION 175 (Marchl99 ) <br />(Cosponsored by the University of Arizona College of Law). <br /> <br />Ernest Flack, Meeting Future Water Requirements Through Reallocation, 591. AM. W ATE <br />WORKS ASS'N 1340 (1967). <br /> <br />GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, WATER TRANSFERS: MORE EFFICIENT WATER US <br />POSSIBLE, IF PROBLEMS ARE ADDRESSED (1994). <br /> <br />GEORGE GOULD, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHT <br />(1990) (A.B.A. Annual Water Law Conference). <br /> <br /> <br />L. HARTMAN & D. SEASTONE, WATER TRANSFERS, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, AN <br />AL TERNA TIVE INSTITUTIONS (1971). <br />HIGGINSON-BARNETT CONSUL TANTS, W ATERRlGHTS AND THEIR TRANSFER IN THE <br />WESTERN UNITED STATES, REPORT TO THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION(1984). <br /> <br />WELLS HUTCHINS, TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHTS, SELECTED PROBLEMS IN THE <br />LAW OF WATER RIGHTS N THE WEST 385 (1942). <br /> <br />Jay Lund & Morris Israel, Water Transfers in Water Resource Systems, 121 J. WATER <br />RESOURCES PLAN. & MGMT. 193 (1995). <br /> <br />LAWRENCE MACDONNELL, WATER TRANSFER PROCESS AS A MANAGEMENT <br />OPTION FOR MEETING CHANGING WATER DEMANDS (1990) (University Of Colorado <br />School Of Law Natural Resources Law Center). <br />