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Types of Water Rights
Different types of water rights give landowners control over surface water or groundwater, and the rules vary widely by state. The two primary systems are riparian rights and prior appropriation rights, but additional types exist in some states due to regional differences in how water is regulated. You can list any type of water rights for lease or for sale for free on LandApp's marketplace.
Riparian Water Rights
Riparian water rights let landowners whose property borders a natural water source reasonably use that water. This system is most common in the eastern U.S., where water is most abundant.
Prior Appropriation
Prior appropriation water rights follow “first in time, first in right,” giving priority to whoever first put the water to beneficial use. They aren’t tied to land and are common in the western U.S.
Non-Riparian Water Rights
Non-riparian water rights allow people to use water even if their land doesn’t touch the source, often through systems like prior appropriation where rights can be moved, bought, or sold.
Hybrid Water Rights
Hybrid water rights blend riparian and prior appropriation systems. States with frequent water shortages, like California, Oklahoma, and Texas, often use the hybrid water rights approach.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Water Rights Leasing FAQs
Water rights refer to the legal entitlement to use water from a particular source. In the United States, water rights are typically allocated by state governments and are based on a “first in time, first in right” principle. This means that the person or entity that first established a claim to the water source has the most senior water right and is entitled to use the water before anyone else.
Landowners can lease their water rights to others who need water for various purposes, such as irrigation, industrial processes, or municipal water supply.
Water wells draw water from beneath the earth’s surface from aquifers or reservoirs for various uses such as providing drinking water, supporting agricultural activities, facilitating industrial processes, or monitoring groundwater levels. A modern water well is composed of a pump, casing, and filter screen, and is usually installed into an aquifer- a water-bearing layer of porous rock, sediment, or soil.
The terms of a water lease vary depending on the specific situation, but generally, the lease agreement will outline the amount of water being leased, the duration of the lease, and any conditions or restrictions on the use of the water.
Water rights are different across the United States because water law is primarily a matter of state law. Each state has its own system for allocating water rights, which can vary significantly in terms of how water is allocated, who is eligible to hold the rights, and how water is managed during times of scarcity.
The 4 main factors that affect the value of water rights are location, reliability of the water source, historical use, and transferability of the water rights.
Riparian water rights are a common law principle that gives landowners adjacent to a water source the right to use that water as long as they don’t harm other users.
Groundwater is regulated differently than surface water, and some states have different systems for allocating groundwater rights. In some states, landowners have the right to use the groundwater beneath their property, while in others, groundwater is considered a public resource that is subject to state allocation.
Littoral water rights are a type of water rights that pertain to landowners with land bordering large bodies of water, such as navigable lakes and oceans.
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