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WATER RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA
Author(s) -
Spencer L. C.,
Johnson L. D.,
Page J. M.,
Sabiston D. W.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1967.tb02887.x
Subject(s) - reservation , appropriation , water right , government (linguistics) , administration (probate law) , state (computer science) , political science , riparian zone , public administration , law , water resources , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science , biology , habitat
The paper defines a water right and discusses the origin, description and relationship of riparian rights, appropriative rights, overlying rights, pueblo rights, prescriptive rights and rights to spring water and return flows as recognized in California. It reviews the objectives and physical criteria on which administration of water rights in California is based and describes the administrative body, then outlines the procedures in regard to appropriation of water and determination of existing rights. It discusses watermaster service and water use recordation as practiced in California, and mentions Federal‐State relationships, including the “reservation principle” asserted by the Federal Government. It concludes with observations of the deficiencies in the California system.