A developer retains your services to obtain the water rights to store and export

Question

A developer retains your services to obtain the water rights to store

and export water to Southern California that will service a large

housing project near San Diego. Her idea is to purchase an island in

the Delta (assume it is in San Joaquin County), flood the island with

water (which serves as storage for the water) and then pump the

water into the California aqueduct. Assume that negotiations with the

State of California and others have been successful to move the water

through existing conveyance structures.

Identify what types of water rights would be amenable for this project.

Explain why or why not you wouldn’t pursue each option:

Pueblo rights:

Riparian rights:

Groundwater rights:

Appropriative:

Pre-1914 appropriative rights

Post-1914 appropriative rights.

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

In this case Groundwater rights would be amendable, because according to the this right, it gives a private ownership to transfer the amount of water in several areas after all the quality test of groundwater and dependence of groundwater at source area.

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