Prepared by the Water Regulatory Standards Committee of the Standards Development Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

Guideline for the Development of Effective Water Sharing Agreements provides the basis for developing a complete, comprehensive, and well-integrated agreement for allocating and managing shared water resources. Effective water allocation and management requires planning and regulation by water basins, which often cross national, state, or tribal boundaries. The need to share these water resources inevitably breeds conflict,...