Most eastern states follow what is known as the riparian doctrine, which limits water use to the owner of the land adjacent to the water. Water rights give landowners access to bodies of water ...

California legislators have passed a bill that aims to close a long-standing loophole in the state’s water laws: Until now, regulators haven’t had clear authority to investigate the water ...

Our doctrine of appropriative and riparian water rights was enacted in the early 1850s and is literally about who has the right to use river water in California. Whomever claims water for a ...

More curtailments have recently been announced. Even those with older, riparian water rights. Riparian rights are defined as certain submerged bottoms subject to private ownership on land ...

When settlers came to California in the 1800s, they staked out land and diverted water from nearby sources, establishing appropriative rights. These were in addition riparian rights, which are ...

About 35 years ago, Congress created a federal conservation area along the San Pedro River to protect one of the most important riparian areas in the Southwest. The designation entitled the 40 ...