Sentences with phrase «water rights holders»

Water regulators said they approved a plan by some of the state's most senior water rights holders to voluntarily cut back water use by 25 % in exchange for assurances they would not face further cuts

Other recommendations include building a peripheral canal to ferry some Sierra runoff around the delta, increasing the «groundwater banking» of water in underground aquifers, increasing a water transfer market to allow water rights holders to sell access to water, and stepping up efforts to conserve water in urban areas.

California has been grappling with this realization as its most senior water rights holders have begun to relinquish part of their share.

There is also the drain water: «return flows» that seep back into the river to be claimed again by «junior» water rights holders downstream.

However, markets could encourage water rights holders to use water more efficiently, so they can sell the excess.

Last Friday, a week before the official start of summer, the California Water Resources Control Board announced that there is insufficient water available for senior water right holders with priority dates after 1903 in the San Joaquin and Sacramento watersheds and the Delta.

Not exact matches

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They can withdraw as much water as they like, provided that they meet standards of «reasonable» use — while appropriative rights holders are only entitled to specified volumes of water.

Many rights holders face yearly uncertainty about whether they will receive any water.

It is designed so that rights holders can generally expect to receive a certain percentage of their water every year, based on the type of water right they hold.

«Everybody has a water supply, and we were living within ours,» said Tina Shields, interim water department manager for the Imperial Irrigation District in California, one of the largest rights holders to Colorado River water and a frequent target of Mulroy's criticism.

Increasing flexibility Water in the West is governed through archaic systems of rights, in which senior rights holders get first dibs on water supplies, which they lose to junior rights holders if they don't use them alWater in the West is governed through archaic systems of rights, in which senior rights holders get first dibs on water supplies, which they lose to junior rights holders if they don't use them alwater supplies, which they lose to junior rights holders if they don't use them all up.

Water in the West is governed through archaic systems of rights, in which senior rights holders get first dibs on water supplies, which they lose to junior rights holders if they don't use them alWater in the West is governed through archaic systems of rights, in which senior rights holders get first dibs on water supplies, which they lose to junior rights holders if they don't use them alwater supplies, which they lose to junior rights holders if they don't use them all up.

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They have various contractual obligations to water purchasers such as the City of Austin, and to holders of older water rights on the pre-impoundment river channel.

No water right grants any party the right to waste or make unreasonable use of water, a nd any water right can be curtailed or revoked if it is determined that the holder of that right has engaged in a wasteful or unreasonable use of water.

Amend the PBC regime to provide that the statutory requirements for PBCs to consult with and obtain the consent of native title holder on «native title decisions» 4 are limited to decisions to surrender native title rights and interests in relation to land and waters.

The native title rights and interests do not confer possession, occupation, use and enjoyment of the land and waters on the native title holders to the exclusion of all others.

Water rights are considered a legal right to water use such as native title, harvestable right or for stock and domestic purposes, or other licence hoWater rights are considered a legal right to water use such as native title, harvestable right or for stock and domestic purposes, or other licence howater use such as native title, harvestable right or for stock and domestic purposes, or other licence holder.

While s 211 of the Native Title Act preserves the right of native title holders to fish or engage in traditional activities, s 212 confirms the Crown's right to use and control the flow of water.

to the extent that the land or waters in the determination area are not covered by a non-exclusive agricultural lease or a non-exclusive pastoral lease - whether; the native title rights and interests confer possession, occupation, use and enjoyment of that land or waters on the native title holders to the exclusion of all others.

(e) to the extent that the land or waters in the determination area are not covered by a non-exclusive agricultural lease or a non-exclusive pastoral lease — whether the native title rights and interests confer possession, occupation, use and enjoyment of that land or waters on the native title holders to the exclusion of all others.»

However, with limitations such as those identified above and Court decisions confirming the interaction with State and Territory rights to water, high impact development is validated without any real opportunity for native title holders to challenge these activities.

to the extent that the land or waters in the determination area are not covered by a non-exclusive agricultural lease or a non-exclusive pastoral lease — whether the native title rights and interests confer or conferred possession, occupation, use and enjoyment of the land or waters on its holders to the exclusion of all others.

a) The act is not likely to interfere directly with the carrying on of the community or social activities of the persons who are the holders... of native title in relation to the land or waters concerned; and b) The act is not likely to interfere with areas or sites of particular significance, in accordance with their traditions, to the persons who are the holders... of native title in relation to the land or waters concerned; and c) The act is not likely to involve major disturbance to any land or waters concerned or create rights whose exercise is likely to involve major disturbance to any land or waters concerned.

That is, the «carrying on of the community or social activities» of the particular native title - holders, or with «areas or sites of particular significance» according to the traditions of the particular native title holders and is not itself likely to or create rights whose exercise is likely to «involve major disturbance to any land or waters concerned».

The proposed changes to the PBC regulations provide that the requirements for PBCs to consult with and obtain the consent of native title holders on native title decisions are limited to decisions to surrender native title rights and interests in relation to land and waters.32