Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Scope of Study -- Definitions -- Chapter 2 The Nature of Water Management -- The Objective of Water Management -- Characteristics of Water Resources and Their Management -- Governmental Techniques for Effecting Water Management -- Criteria for Evaluating Water Management Institutions -- Chapter 3 England's Water Resources and Institutions -- The Water Resources of England and Wales -- Major Policy and Institutional Features -- Background of the Water Resources Act of 1963 -- The Water Resources Act of 1963-A Water Management Charter -- Summary of Water Management Institutions -- Chapter 4 Governmental Powers for Water Management in England -- Collection of Information and Proposals for Action -- Determination of "Minimum Acceptable Flow"--Licensing Discharge of Waste -- Licensing Water Withdrawals -- Levying Abstraction Charges -- Construction and Co-ordination of Water Development -- Chapter 5 Organizing and Financing Water Management in England -- Organizational Arrangements -- Financing Water Management -- Representation on the River Authority -- Appendix to Chapter 5-Significance of Membership Requirements: The Case of the Trent River Authority -- Chapter 6 Evaluation of Water Management Institutions in England -- Applying the Criteria -- Summary Evaluation