Just another case of application of Western Water Rights Law ~ this is the way water rights are handled IN ALL arid and semi-arid regions WORLDWIDE since the beginning of time!
Where there is ample rainfall, there's a different system used to regulate "diversion" of water.
14 posted on 08/01/2012 6:52:19 AM PDT by muawiyah
Its not western water rights law, it goes back farther in history than than, its called Tyrany.
Nobody “owns” rain, or air.
27 posted on 08/01/2012 7:16:36 AM PDT by American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)