Regional water laws cloud water issue

If the person or entity with a prior appropriation does not use the appropriation, or for the specified purpose, the second appropriator would become senior, at least for a given season. Since eastern and western water law are so different from one another, and since western water rights largely ref...

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Published inThe Atlanta journal-constitution (2001)
Main Author White, Alan J
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta, Ga Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 01.12.2009
Subjects
Law
Water rights
Atlanta Georgia
Lake Lanier
United States > US
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Summary:If the person or entity with a prior appropriation does not use the appropriation, or for the specified purpose, the second appropriator would become senior, at least for a given season. Since eastern and western water law are so different from one another, and since western water rights largely reflect the land laws of the United States as such laws existed on the respective admission dates of the states, I cannot foresee that there can be a national water policy, as our governor would like.
ISSN:1539-7459