First come, first served: western water rights

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Wyoming rancher John McTiernan, who took over his neighbor's water rights, claims he has the right to keep it because it was not used for more than five years. Sam Scott, the neighbor, wants to subdivide his land into smaller ranches, and exercise his water rights to irrigate them. Wyoming's water rights system is based on priority: whoever is the first one to set up an irrigation will gain the number one water right. Wyoming law also states that those who do not use their water for five years may lose it. The decision is expected to favor McTiernan.

Administration of Conservation Programs, Irrigation Projects, Water Resources-State & Local, Irrigation (Agriculture), Laws, regulations and rules, Water resources, Irrigation, Wyoming

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Save the fish: California's water

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The federal and California governments, and eight organizations with an interest in water, signed an agreement that would divert water from the water project to the San Francisco Bay and its waterways to save the native fish. The dramatic decline of the fish population led to the agreement.

Water Management, Management, California, Protection and preservation, Environmental policy, Fishes, Water resource management, Fish habitat improvement, Water districts

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Whose water, exactly?

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Spain's new long-term water plan has been criticised by environmentalists and has inflamed the debate between Spanish regions. The plan aims to divert water from the Ebro river towards Spain's more arid regions.

Water Resources & Power, Spain, Water diversion, Water transfer

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