Land Application of Municipal Wastewater: Impacts of Water Rights and Land-Use Controls

摘要

Law relevant to water rights and land use controls is analyzed to create a better understanding of the nature and significance of institutional impediments to the land application technique of municipal wastewater disposal. Land application in some cases offers an environmentally acceptable and cost-effective means of disposing of municipal wastewater, but its feasibility is affected by several institutional constraints: water rights and land use controls are two of the potentially most significant impediments.