Water rights

Here are entered works on the legal right of a user to use water from a specific source. Works on the right to water as a basic human right are entered under [Right to water.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145633
- info:lc/authorities/sh85145633
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85145633#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Rights, Water
- Water rights--Law and legislation
Broader Terms
- Water--Law and legislation
Narrower Terms
- Prior appropriation doctrine (Water rights)
Related Terms
- Riparian rights
- Water trusts
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb11978386m
Sources
- found: Web. 3.
- found: Random House.
- found: Black's law dict.
- found: Wikipedia, July 16, 2009: Water right (Water right in water law refers to the right of a user to use water from a water source, e.g., a river, stream, pond or source of groundwater; water rights) Right to water (the right to water as a human right)
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the legal right of a user to use water from a specific source. Works on the right to water as a basic human right are entered under [Right to water.]
Example Notes
- Note under [Right to water]
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2009-08-05: revised

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