Water Quantity and Water Rights

From Salish Sea Wiki


Wiki Rules


Link to List of Workgroups Link to List of Topics Link to List of Places

Link to List of Efforts Link to List of Products Link to List of Documents Link to List of Graphics Link to List of Websites

Link to Delta Sites Link to Embayment Sites Link to Beach Sites Link to Rocky Headland Sites

Link to Headwater Sites Link to Lowland Watershed Sites Link to Floodplain Sites

Water is a public trust resource, however how we change the landscape can change the total water available, and that available water is apportioned through a system of water rights, by which different entities have preferential and regulated access to the waters of the United States.

Notes

  • Water rights are administered through state law
  • Clean Water Act can affect water rights where exertion of a right changes water quality (??).