Wikipedia on "Riparian doctrine" indicates it's a limited and specialized form of property rights. > Under the riparian principle, all landowners whose propert

Wikipedia on "Riparian doctrine" indicates it's a limited and specialized form of property rights. > Under the riparian principle, all landowners whose properties adjoin a body of water have the right to make reasonable use of it as it flows through or over their properties. If there is not enough water to satisfy all users, allotments are generally fixed in proportion to frontage on the water source. These rights cannot be sold or transferred other than with the adjoining land and only in reasonable quantities associated with that land. The water cannot be transferred out of the watershed without due consideration as to the rights of the downstream riparian landowners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riparian_water_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riparian_water_rights