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Wisconsin Constitution
- Wisconsin ConstitutionWis. Const. art. IX § 1.
- Public Trust DoctrineWisconsin Legislative Council, Issue Brief, Oct. 2019, this brief provides the history of the Public Trust Doctrine in Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin Territorial Laws1840 Act 48 - An Act in Relations to Mills & Mill-Dams
- Wisconsin Territorial Laws1841 Act. 9 - An Act declaring Rivers navigable for certain purposes.
Wisconsin Water Law
- WisconsinChapter 280 PURE DRINKING WATER
Chapter 281 WATER AND SEWAGE
Chapter 30 NAVIGABLE WATERS, HARBORS AND NAVIGATION
Chapter 31 REGULATION OF DAMS AND BRIDGES AFFECTING NAVIGABLE WATERS
Chapter 33 PUBLIC INLAND WATERS
Chapter 295.61 WITHDRAWALS OF SURFACE WATERS AND GROUNDWATER
Wisconsin Resources
- Water Research GuideFrom the Wisconsin Water Library by Water Librarian Anne K. Moser
- Wisconsin Water LibraryEstablished in 1964 by the UW Water Resources Institute, Wisconsin's Water Library (formerly known as the Water Resources Library) is unique among UW-Madison's many libraries for its collection of almost 30,000 volumes of water-related information about the Great Lakes and the waters of Wisconsin. The library includes a curriculum collection, dozens of educational videos, a children's collection, and more than 20 journals and 100 newsletters.
- Wisconsin Water Factsfrom the Wisconsin Water Library
- Wisconsin Lakes OrganizationLinks to Wisconsin Water policies, stewardship, State budget. See their series on Economics & Value of Lakes
- UW Limnology CenterUW center for the study of inland waters
Wisconsin Administrative Rules
- High Capacity Well informationDNR high capacity well information, rules, application forms, & fees
Books from the Law Library -- Wisconsin
- A basic guide to water rights in Wisconsin byCall Number: KFW2523 W2 S5Publication Date: 1971Outdated but Table I is useful as a comparison chart of riparian and appropriation doctrine. It is available online in HathiTrust.
- Great Lakes Compact Law (2007 Wisconsin Act 227) : DNR Rule-MakingCall Number: Law Library Wisconsin Documents LEG.3:IM/2008/8Also available online. Follow the link in the catalog record.
- Great Lakes Compact law (2007 Wisconsin Act 227) : Executive Summary of the ActCall Number: Law Library Wisconsin Documents LEG.3:IM/2008/3Also available online. For access follow the link in the catalog record
- Great Lakes Compact law (2007 Wisconsin Act 227) : Summary of the Compact byCall Number: Law Library Wisconsin Documents LEG.3:IM/2008/4
- Ojibwe Treaty Rights Connections to Land & Water byCall Number: Social Work Library KF8228 C6 O35 2011DVD
Shelved at Social Work Library's Reserve Collection.
Summary: Created for students, agency personnel, and general viewers, this 18-minute DVD presents a brief history of treaty-reserved tribal harvesting rights in the upper Great Lakes region. - State of Wisconsin Blue Book (1989-1990)Article: Exploring Wisconsin's Waterways by M. Bogue, pp. 101-279. Historical look at Wisconsin's waterways.
Water Law in the 21st Century : Understanding Water Rights by
Call Number: Law Library Current Course Reserve KFW2523 W2 K46 2013Author Paul Kent is a Wisconsin attorney and teaches a course in Environmental Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School- Water Law in Wisconsin byCall Number: KFW 2846 A75 W38 2003
- What the Landowner Needs to Know : Shore/Wet land ZoningCall Number: Steenbock Library Stacks (in process) KFW2858.3 W528 2008Also available online. For access follow the link in catalog record.