In eastern states, water rights are usually governed by the riparian doctrine. Western states typically apply the doctrine of prior appropriation. Some states, including California and Texas ...

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 ...

The Chacons have a riparian water right, which means they have access to water that runs adjacent or through their property, Ochenduszko said. They have no numerical limit on the amount of water ...

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 ...

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The water right is for “protection of the riparian area and the aquatic, wildlife, archeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational and recreation resources” of the ...

A fence that runs across the sand and into the water at a Constance Bay beach colloquially known as The Point has some questioning whether waterfront property owners have the legal right to ...

Riparian rights are the rights of waterfront property owners with regards to water, such as the right of access to the water. The case involved a dispute over whether Arturo Matus, the owner of a ...