CANADA-UNITED STATES WATER RELATIONS: ONE CANADIAN'S PERSPECTIVE

摘要

Interestingly, the world's longest lasting and arguably most successful cooperative water management arrangement grew out of a very local water sharing dispute in the St. Marys and Milk River Basins. The consequent Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 established binational rules regarding water quantity and quality, and created the International Joint Commission (IJC), one of the earliest, most enduring, and most widely admired international dispute resolving organizations.