ESPM 50AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Yosemite National Park, Interstate Compact, California State Water Project
16 Nov 2016
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Recognize right to appropraite water as well, but riparian come over appropriative rigths. Lecture 35 california water plumbing the golden state 1. Lux v. haggin (1886) contradictions between riparian and appropriative rights. Key case setting precedent that plays out until 1928. At the time, the largest landowners in the state. Have a ranch operation along the buena vista slew, fed by kern river in the southern san. Running cattle, cattle dependent on series of canal waterways built on riparian land. But later upstream appropriation rights, appropriations led to drying up of lux water supply. 10000 cattle die in a year, they go to court. Argued that they had riparian rights to the water. Many legacies and set precedent for courts until constitutional amendment in 1928. Sets limits on development of agriculture in non riparian land. Reconfiremed this as criteria for different riparian rights holders to apportion water rights and claims. Opened up possibliity of irrigation districts acqurining apprpirative water rights.
