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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… of 'prior appropriation' where use rights in a given watercourse are prioritised in accordance with the date on … include hydrological changes from water abstraction or watercourse regulation and water-borne pollution from … boundaries are not the same as political boundaries. A watercourse may flow through several jurisdictional units …
Modern water rights : Theory and practice
… right to make "ordinary" use of the water flowing in the watercourse. This encompassed the "reasonable use" of that … abstracter's land and the water must be restored to the watercourse substantially undiminished in volume and … to be at its greatest. But the quantity of water in a watercourse is not the only matter that requires constant …