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To: Sdgla who wrote (62034)	12/12/2014 3:12:00 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By Eric Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

"All of the water belongs to those that use it" Nope. We go by rule of law in the west these days. Those who use it have to buy it, unless they catch it themselves. In Calif, rain belongs to the state. They now let you keep what falls on your roof. The state owns the water from my pond. They can take from it whenever they want. Government, federal, state, regional, or local, built, and owns most of our reservoirs. Utilities have built some. Californians may now legally capture and use rainwater harvested from rooftops. Departing from Western states' long-standing tradition of making it illegal to capture and use precipitation based on the prior appropriation doctrine, the California Legislature enacted and Governor Brown signed the "Rainwater Capture Act of 2012" [ 2012 Cal. Stats. ch. 537, Sec. 2.] (the Act). The Act exempts the capture and use of rainwater from rooftops from the State Water Resources Control Board's (SWRCB) permitting authority over appropriations of water. This development affords residential users and private and public entities with a new source of on-site water supply, which should reduce reliance on potable water for landscaping needs and provide a recharge benefit to underlying groundwater aquifers. lexisnexis.com California and Oklahoma are the only western states that continues to recognize riparian rights. The California Legislature has enacted very few laws regarding riparian rights. As a result, riparian rights have been frequently litigated. As a result of these lawsuits, the courts have clarified rules that apply to riparian rights waterboards.ca.gov