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… of different legal techniques. These have included: � a declaration (or sometimes a reiteration) of state ownership, … in 1995 in connection with groundwater reforms; � a declaration that water is "national property for public use" … 2006. Modern water rights – theory and practice 38 � a declaration that water is "public property" as provided for …

… a variety of different legal techniques varying from a declaration of state ownership,52 the inclusion 52 As in … law, as (re-stated in Principle 21 of the Rio Declaration), sovereignty over the natural resources within … For notwithstanding the content of Principle 21 of the Rio Declaration, states do not have absolute sovereignty over the …