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Access to Efficiency: Water Rights Q&A With Harrison Topp
2017-06-08 22:24:08| National Farmers Union
By Steven Emmen, NFU Intern Earlier this week, we briefly discussed what the prior appropriation system is and its unique characteristics. To give beginning farmers a better idea of the practical application of prior appropriation, we reached out to a farmer on the western slope of Colorado. Harrison Top manages a peach farm and is looking […]
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Debate over water rights intensifies as Saudis buy up swaths of US farmland
2016-03-29 18:32:55| Agriculture - Topix.net
In the face of water restrictions at home, a Saudi Arabian company is turning to the American Southwest, where US farmers are contending with persistent drought. Water diverted from the Salt River runs through the Roosevelt Canal for sprinkler irrigation on an alfalfa field in Mesa, Ariz., in this file photo.
Alterra to buy water rights for B.C. expansion
2015-10-20 23:07:34| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Alterra Power Corp. has a deal to buy the water rights for four hydroelectric projects along British Columbia's Toba Valley. The projects are 20 to 30 kilometres from the Toba Montrose and Jimmie Creek hydroelectric operation that Vancouver-based Alterra is developing about 80 kilometres from Powell River, B.C. Alterra said it's buying the water rights from Sigma Engineering, a subsidiary of Synex International .
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Lawsuits over California water rights are a fight a century in making
2015-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The lawsuits hit the courts within days of the state mailing notices to some Central Valley irrigation districts: They were to stop diverting from rivers and streams because there wasn't enough water to go around. Unsurprising as the move may be in this fourth year of drought, to the districts, the notices amounted to an assault on water rights they have held for more than a century. "This is an attempted water grab," said Steve Knell, general manager of the Oakdale Irrigation District, one...
Califor moves restrict water pumping pre-1914 rights holders
2015-06-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The receding waters of Lake McClure in Mariposa County can be seen. In a drastic action, California water officials on Friday ordered cuts in water diversions for some pre-1914 rights holders. The receding waters of Lake McClure in Mariposa County can be seen. In a drastic action, California water officials on Friday ordered cuts in water diversions for some pre-1914 rights holders. For the first time in nearly 40 years, state regulators are telling more than 100 growers and irrigation districts...
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