Something to be aware of is a lot of farms have have these canals, but they're often attached to a managed water system (usually called irrigation districts). T

Something to be aware of is a lot of farms have have these canals, but they're often attached to a managed water system (usually called irrigation districts). This is distinct from what the article is talking about. Those are riparian water rights: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riparian_water_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riparian_water_rights