NAFTA Handbook for Water Resources Managers and Engineers

by Mark W. Killgore, (M.ASCE), Water Resources Engr.; Raytheon Infrastructure Services, Inc., Bellevue, WA,
David J. Eaton, (M.ASCE), Bess Harris Jones Centennial Prof.; Natural Resource Policy Studies, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX,


American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY
978-0-7844-0086-9 (ISBN-13) | 0-7844-0086-5 (ISBN-10), 1995, Soft Cover, Pg. x, 75
28 cm, ISBN: 0-89940-323-9
Out of Print: Not available at ASCE Bookstore.


Document Type: Book

Abstract:

Sponsored by ASCE; the U.S.?Mexican Policy Studies Program, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.

This report describes the consequences of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as they affect water resources planning and management in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The NAFTA process may change the administration of state or federal water quality or other environmental regulations, and it creates three new organizations to resolve border and trade disputes related to the environment. These new institutions also will facilitate construction and rehabilitation of environmental infrastructure. The total volume of environmental infrastructure needs along the U.S.?Mexican border has been estimated to be in the billions of dollars, and the financial commitments appear to be in place.

NAFTA will create new opportunities for engineering services in North America by requiring Canada, Mexico and the United States to treat professional service providers from the other two countries no less favorably than it treats its own service providers, and certainly on no less favorable terms granted to other nations. Negotiations over transnational engineer licensing under NAFTA are part of a rapidly evolving process which may conclude in 1995. Engineers who are licensed Professional Engineers (PE) in Canada, Mexico, or the United States may be eligible for a temporary license to practice in either of the neighboring countries, provided that education, experience, and other requirements are met.

Subject Headings: Water resources | Licensure and certification | Developing countries | Water quality | Water policy | Water management | Infrastructure construction | Canada | Mexico | United States | North America

 

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