That is one of the primary issues ... the entire project was supposed to have been privatized years, decades ago. The Federal Government has not lived up to that.
As long as that is the case, every farmer in the Basin remains at risk ... only now they all know it. Events of 2001 made it painfully clear, and also showed them how to fight it. I continue to urge them to push hard for resolution of the ownership though ... that is the key.