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106 W. Va. L. Rev. 595 (2003-2004)
Maintaining Instream Flow and Protecting Aquatic Habitat: Promise and Perils on the Path to Regulated Riparianism

handle is hein.journals/wvb106 and id is 603 raw text is: MAINTAINING INSTREAM FLOW AND PROTECTING AQUATIC HABITAT: PROMISE AND PERILS ON THE PATH TO REGULATED RIPARIANISM Lee P. Breckenridge' I. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 596 II. THE IPSWICH RIVER: A SYMBOL OF REGULATORY FAILURE IN W ATER M ANAGEM ENT ......................................................................... 600 A. Flow Depletion in the Ipswich ................................................. 600 B. Effects of Urban Development on Streamflow ......................... 601 C. The Importance of State Law in the Absence of Federal O versight .................................................................... 603 III. REGULATED RIPARIANISM AND THE PROMISE OF WATER RIGHTS REFORM: THE MASSACHUSETTS EXAMPLE ......................................... 604 A. Key Regulatory Provisions in Massachusetts W ater Law ............................................................................... 604 B. Commitments to Water Withdrawals that Undermine Protection of Instream Values ................................................. 608 IV. BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY, PHYSICAL INTEGRITY, AND INSTREAM FLO W .................................................................................................... 6 12 A. Defining and Measuring the Condition of Aquatic E cosystem s ............................................................................... 6 12 B. Establishing Requirements to Support Biological Integrity .................................................................................... 6 16 C. Gaps in Federal Oversight and the Importance of State Law ................................................................................ 6 18 V. PURSUING BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS UNDER STATE LAW: PROSPECTS AND PROPOSALS FOR REFORM ....... 620 Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law; B.A. 1973, Yale University; J.D. 1976, Harvard Law School. I am grateful to Margaret Van Deusen, Deputy Director, Charles River Watershed Association, and to Ralph Abele, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Re- gion I, for providing helpful information. The author is a member of the board of directors of the Charles River Watershed Association. The views expressed in this Article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of any organization.

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