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WHAT IS A WATER RIGHT? 



JNO. G. HALL. 



The question, What is a water right? cannot be 

 answered specifically, so in the explanation I shall call 

 attention to certain existing conditions : 



First, a water right belonging to a canal is an ap- 

 propriation of the waters of the river after prior appro- 

 priations or rights of earlier ditches have been satisfied. 

 This apropriation is decreed by court. Following is an 

 illustration of an appropriated water right: A certain 

 ditch is drawing three hundred feet of water at the 

 head of the canal. If the stipulated number of rights 

 in this canal is four hundred, then the three hundred 

 feet of water must be divided into four hundred equal 

 parts, each part being a water right containing a 

 given number of inches. A farmer with a specified 

 tract of land can own one or more rights if he chooses. 

 Each right has a market value and is transferable like a 

 horse, cow or any other piece of personal property. The 

 owner of ten rights in the canal has a right to draw ten 

 times as much water as the owner of one right. The 

 division is always made on a basis of a single water 

 right. River supplies of water generally fluctuate from 

 day to day. This causes the amount per water right to 

 fluctuate also. However, a water right is the pro rata 

 share of the water in the canal as it fluctuates from 

 dav to dav. 



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