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  2. Water Commission Act of 1913 - Wikipedia

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    The California Water Commission Act of 1913 was the first attempt by the legislature of the state of California to address water rights in a comprehensive manner. The Act was necessitated by the complicated landscape of competing water rights doctrines, demands for reclamation and irrigation, and tension between large landowners and smaller farmers all in the context of California's unique ...

  3. State’s approach to water rights is two-faced and ... - AOL

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    If the state is concerned about historic water rights and the economics of Southern California, if it is concerned about equity among water users and disproportionate impacts of forced water ...

  4. What to know about online claims about who owns California's ...

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    Rights holders do not own the actual water; they own the right to use the water. The California State Water Resources Control Board clarifies that water rights are a "legal permission to use a ...

  5. California Department of Water Resources - Wikipedia

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    California recognizes many types of water rights. Prior to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, California was part of Mexico. [3] Riparian rights were the most prevalent type of water right. Under riparian rights, which have their origins in Roman law, a landowner can use water flowing by his property for use on his property. [4]

  6. California State Water Project - Wikipedia

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    Calls for a comprehensive statewide water management system (complementing the extensive, but primarily irrigation-based Central Valley Project) led to the creation of the California Department of Water Resources in 1956. The following year, the preliminary studies were compiled into the extensive California Water Plan, or Bulletin No. 3.

  7. California is finally digitizing its 100-year-old paper water ...

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    The first water rights license issued in California is presented in the records room at the State Water Resources Control Board offices in Sacramento in December. There are as many as four million ...

  8. History of California water law - Wikipedia

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    Water law in California aims to define the full scope of a water right (i.e. how much, quality of water, purposes behind the usage of water, etc.) and outline any principles on how to handle possible disputes between water rights-holders (i.e. damage assessment, determination of actionable harm, possible remedies, etc.). [1]

  9. Paper records and steel vaults: Can California water rights ...

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    California's reliance on an antiquated system of recording water rights is hampering the state's ability to respond to drought, experts say.