Government
Apr. 23, 2015
Drought puts state's byzantine water rights system into stark relief
As Gov. Brown moves to cut water use, he is constrained by a water rights system created when the state's economy was driven by gold mining rather than Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
California's punishing drought has thrown the state's byzantine water rights system into stark relief. The system, which determines who gets water and how much, has caused some to have their water supplies cut to zero. Other, more senior water rights holders - largely farmers with rights dating back more than a century - have maintained their near full allotment. Those winners and losers are largely det...
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