| LEGAL RIGHTS IN POTOMAC WATERS
PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE
AT HARPER'S FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA
Edited by:
GARRETT POWER
PROFESSOR OF LAW
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
SCHOOL OF LAW
Editorial Assistant:
REGINA K. WOLOSZYN
Sponsored by:
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON
THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN
4350 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20014
and
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
TAWES STATE OFFICE BUILDING
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21401
SEPTEMBER 1976
FOREWORD ---Garrett Power... and seachable text of the full report
A HISTORY OF POTOMAC RIVER CONFLICTS---Kenneth Lasson ..... [uncorrected ocr text]
Map of the Potomac River Basin .......
Map of Maryland and West Virginia ….
FORECASTING WATER USE IN THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN:
OR BOTH?---Dr. Steve H. Hanke………………….
Table 1---Price and Income Elasticities ……
ART, SCIENCE
47
Table 2---Residential Water Use and Its Response to Price
Based on the Howe-Linaweaver Demand Equations 49
Table 3---Forecasts of Water Use 52
Table 4---Current and Trial Prices by Jurisdiction 56
Table 5---Consumption and Revenues Using Current and Seasonal
Water Rates 57
FEDERAL AUTHORITY IN THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN---Thomas B. Lewis 60
PENNSYLVANIA WATER RIGHTS IN THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN---R. Timothy Weston
Table 1---Pennsylvania Consolidated Water Use Report 110
WEST VIRGINIA RIGHTS IN POTOMAC WATERS---Patrick Charles McGinley 132
Table 1---Inventory of Watersheds Less Than 250,000 Acres
With Kinds and Extent of Problems Needing Project
Type Action 158
THE WATER RIGHTS OF MARYLAND IN THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN---Warren K.
Rich 169
WATER RIGHTS IN THE VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN--
Denis J. Brion 188
ISSUES RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN THE
WATERS OF THE POTOMAC RIVER---John C. Salyer 202
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Statutory Authority 208
AFTERWORD
Participants, Appendix A
Appendicies B-E B. H. R. 12215 (A Bill "To authorize the construction of a water
diversion structure on the Potomac River, Maryland, subject to
execution of an agreement providing for equitable allocation of
available water during low flow
periods of the Potomac River.") B-1
C. Potomac River Low Flow Allocation Agreement C-1
D. Consumptive Use of Potomac River Water at Dickerson Generating
Station, by Alan G. Kirk II, Vice President and General Counsel,
Potomac Electric Power Co.,
September 1976 D-1
E. Dredge and Fill Disposal Program, Proposed Amendments
to Section 404, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended (86 Stat. 839) Public Law 92-500, excerpts from
S.2710, 94th Congress, 2d Session; Statement of
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, July
27, 1976, prepared by Vance Hughes, Senior Staff Attorney,
Environmental Protection Agency; A Comparison of
Legislative Proposals for the 404 Dredge and Fill
Disposal Program E-1 (Note: As of the time of this publication, Sept. 15,
1976, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
had passed similar versions of the 404 amendments
and the bills were in a Conference Committee appointed by
both houses.)
Appendicies F-
F. Safe Drinking Water Act, Public Law 93-523, December 16, 1974;
Federal Register, Environmental Protection
Agency, Interim Primary Drinking Water Standards F-1 |
