The Historical Political Economy of Water
Hosts:
The Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University
The Political Institutions and Political Economy (PIPE) Collaborative, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
Location:
Shriram Center for Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering, Room 262
Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering Building, Shriram Center (04-060), 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA
Stanford University
May 2, 2025
8:30 am to 8:55 am: Light Breakfast served
8:55 am to 9:00 am: Short comments by Cain and Jenkins
9:00 am to 9:50 am: Paper 1
“Water is the True Wealth in a Dry Land: Prior Appropriation and Settlement of the Arid West”
Bryan Leonard (University of Wyoming) and Steven M. Smith (Colorado School of Mines)
9:50 am to 10:40 am: Paper 2
Eric C. Edwards (University of California, Davis) and Walter N. T. Thurmond (North Carolina State University)
10:40 am to 11 am: Coffee Break
11:00 am to 11:50 am: Paper 3
“Untying the Gordian Knot: Uneven Adjudication and Conflict Resolution Over Long-Standing Property Rights to Water”
Laura D. Taylor (California Institute of Technology)
12:40 pm to 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm to 2:50 pm: Paper 5
The Origins and Development of Federal Flood Control Policy”
Jeffery A. Jenkins (University of Southern California) and Thomas R. Gray (University of Texas at Dallas)
2:50 pm to 3:40 pm: Paper 6
“Unpacking the Policy Outcome Tendencies of US Negotiated Water Settlements”
Glen S. Krutz (University of Colorado, Boulder)
3:40 pm to 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 pm to 4:50 pm :Paper 7
“Muddy Waters: The Mixed Legacy of Policies, Infrastructure, and Law in the American West”
Bruce E. Cain (Stanford University)