University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review Volume 25 Issue 1 The Ben J. Altheimer Symposium: Water Rights in the Twenty-First Century: The Article 2 Challenges Move East 2002 The Law of Water Allocation in the Southeastern States at the Opening of the Twenty-First Century Joseph W. Dellapenna Follow this and additional works at: https://lawrepository.ualr.edu/lawreview Part of the Property Law and Real Estate Commons, and the Water Law Commons Recommended Citation Joseph W. Dellapenna, The Law of Water Allocation in the Southeastern States at the Opening of the Twenty-First Century, 25 U. ARK. LITTLE ROCK L. REV. 9 (2002). Available at: https://lawrepository.ualr.edu/lawreview/vol25/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Bowen Law Repository: Scholarship & Archives. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review by an authorized editor of Bowen Law Repository: Scholarship & Archives. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE LAW OF WATER ALLOCATION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Joseph W.Dellapenna* I. INTRODUCTION The vastly differing experiences of communities in the United States regarding water has led to very different approaches to property rights in water.' To the east of Kansas City, people considered water to be readily available at little or no cost. Although occasionally there were problems with water quality arising from human activities, shortages historically have been rare and short-lived. There