reserved water rights doctrine

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Holds that when the United States withdraws land from the public domain and reserves it for a private purpose, it also withdraws all water rights necessary to support the purpose, including the rights to groundwater if other waters are inadequate. This includes Indian lands and lands owned in the Territories before statehood.The U.S.may sell or assign those rights to others. The reservation allows the government (or persons to whom it sells those rights) to prevent upstream owners from taking water, even if otherwise allowed under state law. Assignees of federal reserved water rights enjoy greater protections and privileges than other citizens of the state.Whether or not there was a reservation is a question of federal law and must be determined in federal court.

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No references found			173 (2002) (discussing the implications of the Idaho Supreme Court's decisions on the future of the federal reserved water rights doctrine, the prospects for streamflows in Idaho, and the Nez Perce tribe's water claims). The mirage of Indian reserved water rights and western streamflow ... by Blumm, Michael C.; Becker, David H.; Smith, Joshua D. / Environmental Law Under present Interior Department policy, any water rights needed for BLM Wilderness areas will be acquired under state law, not by using the federal reserved water rights doctrine. The "other" wilderness by Gray, Gerald J. / American Forests THE FUNDAMENTAL TENSION--STATE CONTROL OF WATER RESOURCES AND THE FEDERAL RESERVED WATER RIGHTS DOCTRINE III. The use of state instream flow laws for federal lands: respecting ... by Amos, Adell Louise / Environmental Law			Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne Reserva Reserva estatutaria Reserva oculta Reserva para deudores incobrables Reservas em efetivo Reservas en efectivo Reservas excendentes Reservas libres reservation Reservation Price Reserve Reserve Account Reserve Currency Reserve Deficiency reserve for bad debt Reserve for Bad Debts Reserve for Contingencies reserve for credit and collections reserve for losses reserve fund reserve price Reserve Ratios Reserve Requirement Reserve Requirements reserved water rights doctrine Reservefonds van een delinquent reserves Reserves excedentaires Reset Bond Reset Bonds Reset Frequency Reset Margin reset note residence Residency Visa resident agent Resident Alien resident manager residential residential broker Residential Communities Initiative residential development residential mortgage Residential Mortgage Backed Securities Residential Mortgage-Backed Security residential property Residential Sales Council residential service contract residual Residual Assets			reserved demolition target reserved for reserved for reserved for reserved for reserved for Reserved for Future Assignment Reserved For Future Use Reserved Idle Signal Multiple Access reserved judgement reserved judgement reserved judgment reserved judgment Reserved Lightpath reserved list reserved memory reserved minerals reserved obstacles Reserved occupation reserved occupations Reserved Physical Wavelength Link Reserved Practical Intellectual Giver Reserved Practical Intellectual Taker Reserved Rights Doctrine reserved route Reserved Sentimental Intellectual Giver Reserved Sentimental Intellectual Taker Reserved Tender Advance Facility Reserved Test Register Disable Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission reserved water rights doctrine Reserved word Reserved word reserved words reserved words Reserved-Channel Scheme Reserved/Bused Reserved/Unbused reservedly reservedly reservedly reservedness reservedness reservedness Reservee Reservefonds van een delinquent reserver reserver reserver reserver reserver reserver reservers reservers reservers reservers reservers reserves reserves reserves reserves

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