A Legal Framework for One Water Management (OnDemand Webinar)

$149.00

SKU: 411115EAU

Description

Conceptualize the framework of One Water and understand the main categories of law in the most common situations.Water issues such as the Flint, Michigan public health crisis or the breakdown of the Jackson, Mississippi water supply systems create legal dilemmas that confound public works officials, regulators, and attorneys. The difficulty in explaining these complex issues to the public polarizes society and hampers funding and solutions to the problems. Water issues range across societal needs from safe drinking water to the protection of rivers and aquifers, and to security against waterrelated disasters. While they require effective management, the main control tool is the law of water, which is spread across separate stovepipes of statutes, regulations, and court decisions. The emerging management paradigm of One Water provides a platform to integrate responses to water problems, but the separate laws and regulations pose barriers and controls that often limit choices for water managers. These laws and regulations are central to water governance, and resources are available to explain them for diverse topics, such as water rights, public utility services, flood risk management, and transboundary situations. The session will offer a framework for understanding the most important legal controls on One Water, including categories for water uses, protection of water, regulation of water infrastructure, institutional arrangements, financial arrangements, participation of the private sector, enforcement of regulations, and dispute resolution. The topic will enable engineers, managers, and regulators to form a comprehensive picture of legal controls on One Water, and it will aid attorneys in applying their knowledge and skills to the growing field of water resources management. Participants in the webinar will be able to conceptualize the framework of One Water and explain the main categories of law that circumscribe the available options for water managers and the legal system in the most common situations. The lessons learned will equip water resources managers, engineers, and attorneys to understand regulatory situations and liabilities arising from water issues and to participate in legal actions ranging from regulatory sanctions to litigation.

Date: 2023-12-04 Start Time: End Time:

Learning Objectives

One Water Framework for Water Resources Management
• Elements of the One Water Framework
• How It Connects the Stovepipes of Water Management
• Identification of the Connecting Links and Control Points
• Barriers to Use of the One Water Framework

Legal Framework to Support One Water
• Mapping Legal Constraints to One Water Links and Controls
• Primary Legal and Regulatory Controls on Water Management
• Statutes, Regulations, and Case Law
• Federal, State, and Local Laws and Regulations
• Safe Water, Clean Water, Environmental Laws
• Flood Law and Liabilities
• Transboundary Laws
• Stormwater Laws as Connectors

Conflicts, Situational Awareness, and Pathways to Advancement
• Safe Water and Clean Water
• Water Quality and Groundwater
• Clean Water and State Water Allocation Laws
• Clean Water and Local Stormwater
• Clean Water and State Instream Laws
• Flood Law and Local Laws
• Integration Across Legal Categories to Serve Water Management

CLE (Please check the Detailed Credit Information page for states that have already been approved) ,ENG ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.

Neil S. Grigg-Colorado State University