Government
Jan. 25, 2005
By Granting Rights to Water, the State Creates Property
Forum Column - By Roderick E. Walston - Who owns water, and why does it matter? Let me answer the second question first. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., recently ruled that farmers in California's Central Valley are entitled to compensation because the federal government reduced their water rights to save endangered species in the Delta. Tulare Lake Basin Storage District v. United States, 49 Fed.Cl. 313 (2001).
By Roderick E. Walston
Who owns water, and why does it matter?
Let me answer the second ques...
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