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It all sucks, but it does make sense. The water was essentially homesteaded just like the land when white settlers first entered the area. If you were the first
by amanaplanacanal 5y ago
It all sucks, but it does make sense. The water was essentially homesteaded just like the land when white settlers first entered the area. If you were the first to use the water, you owned it.
I guess theoretically the state could take the water and redistribute it using eminent domain, but then they would have to pay the current owners for it. I have no idea what that would cost.