中文摘要：

沿岸权许可制度是美国东部各州采用行政许可手段对传统的沿岸权制度进行改造而形成的。通过用水许可程序，沿岸权的适用对象、用水优先位序、水权的有效期限等问题得以合理界定，沿岸权的理论核心——“合理用水”的考察与评价更加科学，从而提高了沿岸权的确定性和灵活性，使沿岸权具有了一定的排他性。沿岸权许可制度加强了国家（州）公权力在水资源利用领域的影响力，在适应水资源短缺的制度建设方面对我国具有重要的启示意义。

英文摘要：

Riparian rights permission is a kind of riparian rights system which is adapted to the water shortage by the eastem states of USA through the administrative permit process. During the administrative permit process, the water body, the priority and the expiry date of the riparian right are confirmed, the reasonable use doctrine which plays a key important role in the enforcement of riparian right is accessed by a more complicated and scientific legal process. The riparian rights permission provides a mechanism to enhance the certainty, adaptability and exclusiveness of water rights. Through the administrative permit process, the police power can play a more important role in area of water resource allocation.