Water Well Rights

Obtaining water rights assures that you will have legal rights to the water used by your well.

Water well rights.

In a basic sense water rights determine who can use the water resources surface and or ground water associated with a property and how much may be used. Once your water well is drilled and operating we recommend reading through the existing well owners section below for more information on protecting and maintaining your new water well. Well drillers drill down to the aquifer which is an underground layer of permeable rock containing water. It isn t hard to find drinkable groundwater.

Determine if you need a water right if you plan to use more than 5 000 gallons per day or irrigate more than 1 2 acre of land you need to apply for a. Check water availability in your area you can determine whether the area where you intend to drill your well is open to withdrawals by reading about water availability in your watershed. Well water is groundwater that is untreated. Riparian rights usually come with owning a parcel of land that is adjacent to a source of water.

Other types of rights exist in california as well among them reserved rights water set aside by the federal government when it reserves land for the public domain and pueblo rights a municipal right based on spanish and mexican law. Many real estate agencies will have listings for water rights much as they do for properties. Water rights are classified as real property in the state of utah and are bought and sold much like real estate. Well water comes straight from the ground.