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This is where you will compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment.
"Prior appropriation doctrine". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
"Concerning the Application for Water Rights of Sedalia Water v. Sedalia Water & Sanitation Dist., 343 P.3d 16 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
Craig, Robin (2018). "Drought and Public Necessity: Can A Common-Law "Stick" Increase Flexibility In Western Water Law?". Texas A&M Law Review. 6: 31 – via Texas A&M.
Gronewold, Andrew D.; Fortin, Vincent; Lofgren, Brent; Clites, Anne; Stow, Craig A.; Quinn, Frank (2013-08-01). "Coasts, water levels, and climate change: A Great Lakes perspective". Climatic Change. 120 (4): 697–711. doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0840-2. ISSN 0165-0009.
Schilling, Kait (2018). "Addressing the Prior Appropriation Doctrine in the Shadow of Climate Change and the Paris Climate Agreement". Seattle Journal of Environmental Law. 8: 21
Gopalakrishnan, Chennat (1973). "The Doctrine of Prior Appropriation and Its Impact on Water Development: A Critical Survey". The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 32 (1): 61–72. ISSN 0002-9246.
