Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights
Jan. 30, 2019
Water, property rights and the public trust doctrine
Even if Mark Twain never actually said, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over,” nowhere is this maxim better illustrated than in California.
Even if Mark Twain never actually said, "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over," nowhere is this maxim better illustrated than in California, where people have been claiming, diverting and fighting over water since pioneers and prospectors first started rolling in.
California's first settlers brought with them the theory of riparian rights, under which the owner of property next to a river owns the right to use water f...
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