Riparian Rights
Entitlement of a landowner to certain uses of water on or bordering the property, including the right to prevent diversion or misuse of upstream waters. (Generally a matter of state law)
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riparian rights A doctrine of state water law under which a land owner is entitled to use the water on or bordering his property, including the right to prevent diversion or misuse of upstream water.
Groundwater law: The common law doctrine of riparian rights and the doctrine of prior appropriation as applied to ground water.
overlying right
The name of a ground-water right in a riparian rights state where the surface owner also owns the underlying water in fee simple.
 See also: Organism, Site, Aquifer, Hazard, Discharge
  
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