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riparian rights

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riparian rights: see water rights water rights, in law, the qualified privilege of a landowner to use the water adjacent to or flowing through his property. The privilege, also known as riparian rights, may be modified or even denied because of the competing needs of other private-property holders or
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It is our position that the townships own the riparian rights at road ends," says Sheltrown.
Riparian rights evolved in areas of abundant water, and prior appropriation (first use) in areas of less abundant water.
Israel claims that it has legitimate historical riparian rights to most of the flow of the Mountain Aquifer, based on the principle of International Law of prior use of the Mountain Aquifer, major portions of which flow naturally into its territory and which has been developed at great expense and fully utilized for essential human use economic sustainability over a period of time going back some 60-80 years.
 
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