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<br />OO'j""" <br />V~ . <br /> <br />Conflicts resulting from water quantity or quality in a river basin seem to occur <br /> <br />in three broad arenas -- regarding developmental values, environmental values, or <br /> <br />both. Conflicts over developmental values can pit potential water users, often great <br /> <br />distances apart in a river basin, against one another over water each believes they <br /> <br /> <br />need to maintain or improve their economic well-being. Conflicts over environmental <br /> <br />values may arise when water for one environmental use, say "flat water" recreation, <br /> <br />clashes with another, such as "white water" recreation. Conflicts in the third arena <br /> <br />may currently be the most common. They arise when developmental and <br /> <br />environmental advocates confront one another over water management decisions each <br /> <br />believes to be in the public's best interest. <br /> <br />Because of the potential for conflict over the way water is used or managed in <br /> <br />a river basin, a growing body of legislation, case law, governmental regulations and <br /> <br /> <br />even intergovernmental institutional arrangements has evolved to resolve such <br /> <br />conflicts. The remainder of this report will examine only the latter -- <br /> <br />intergovernmental arrangements to resolve water-related conflicts over river basin <br /> <br />water management, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-3- <br />