National Water Resources Regulation: Where Is the Environmental Pendulum Now?

Proceedings of a specialty conference on water resources regulation, held in Washington, D.C., January 31–February 1, 1994.

This collection contains 25 papers on the state of national water resources regulation. Amid concerns of many practitioners and policymakers that U.S. environmental regulation may be wasting society’s resources, many have suggested that priorities be reorganized. These papers offer specific suggestions for improvement at the statutory or regulatory level. Topics include: risk assessment to set priorities; environmental protection of entire ecosystems; health policies and risk assessment; stormwater planning; regulation of nonpoint sources; and restoration of wetland ecosystems. This proceedings helps to inform anyone involved with the current environmental laws and regulations of the problems and possible solutions concerning the regulation of water resources.