Foreword / Robert A. Pietrowsky -- 1. Water resources planning: past, present and future / John J. Boland and Duane Baumann -- 2. history of the United States water resources planning and development / Warren Viessman, Jr. -- Appendix 2.1. Evolution of public involvement in water planning / Jerome Delli Priscoli -- Appendix 2.2. Nebraska Natural Resource Districts -- 3. theory and practice of benefit-cost analysis / John J. Boland, Nicholas Flores and Charles W. Howe -- 4. Environmental issues and options in water resources planning and decision making / David H. Moreau and Daniel P. Loucks -- 5. On the collaboration of ecologists and economists / Clifford S. Russell and Mark Sagoff -- 6. Political decision making: real decisions in real political contexts / Peter Rogers, Lawrence MacDonnell and Peter Lydon -- Appendix 6.1. Overview of American law for allocation of water -- 7. Making the transition: moving water resources planning and management in to the twenty-first century / Gerald E. Galloway.