Chile to limit water rights
Chile plans to limit water rights to 30 years and could revoke them ahead of time, as part of an efficiency overhaul in the sector, La Tercera newspaper reported. The country has a system of transferable, non-expiring water rights, but President …
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After 40 years, water claims are settled in Bighorn Basin
Water rights in the west, and particularly in Wyoming, is tricky business. As the old saying went, “First in time, first in line.” According to the State Engineers office, Wyoming water law still operates under that very same prior appropriation …
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Water Rights Dispute Has 9th Circ. Flummoxed
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Against the backdrop of a 100-year California-wide drought, 9th Circuit Judge Richard Tallman told attorneys for the government, environmental groups and state water contractors that a quick decision over a long-running water …
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