Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas
Annex H - California
The California case study, Annex H of the commission research paper Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas, was released on 23 December 2003.
Twelve case studies, which should be read in conjunction with the main report, were prepared to assist the understanding of the complex legal, organisational and management arrangements of the jurisdictions studied. They are:
- Murray–Darling Basin
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Colorado River Basin
- California
- Colorado
- Chile
- Mexico
- South Africa
CONTENTS
Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Abbreviations, Preface
1 The water sector
2 Legal framework
2.1 Evolution of water law
2.2 Current legislative framework
3 Organisations
3.1 State Water Resources Control Board
3.2 Department of Water Resources
3.3 California Bay–Delta Authority
3.4 Colorado River Board of California
3.5 US Bureau of Reclamation
3.6 Irrigation and water districts
3.7 Utility districts
3.8 Investor-owned utilities
4 Definition of water rights
4.1 Coverage
4.2 Specification
4.3 Record of title
4.4 Duration
4.5 Exclusivity
4.6 Detached from land title
4.7 Divisibility and transferability
5 Government involvement in water allocation
5.1 Allocation mechanisms
5.2 Bay–Delta Program
5.3Central Valley Project Improvement Act 1992
6 Administering water rights
6.1 Issuing new water rights
6.2 Changing water rights
7 Distribution management
7.1 Water accounting
7.2 Water distribution
8 Pricing
8.1 US Bureau of Reclamation
8.2 Department of Water Resources
8.3 Water districts
8.4 Investor-owned utilities
9 Monitoring and enforcement
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