Water

Question 1

Riparian rights

Answer 1

Allocate the right to use water to the owners of the land adjacent to the water

Question 2

Prior appropriation doctrine

Answer 2

Allows the transfer of water away from the stream for beneficial use

Question 3

Usufructory rights

Answer 3

Rights to use, not to own

Question 4

Preferential use doctrine

Answer 4

Government establishes a hierarchy of uses and allocated accordingly

Question 5

Water entitlements

Answer 5

Perpetual share of the consumptive pool of a specified water resource

Question 6

Water allocations

Answer 6

Periodic provisions of water to a particular entitlement. Quantity of allocation depends on the quantity of water available in total

Question 7

Use approvals

Answer 7

Permission to apply water to a particular life of land in a particular way

Question 8

Water act

Answer 8

Provides for the allocation and use of Alberta’s water resources and the protection of rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands.

Question 9

Environmental protection and enhancement act

Answer 9

Supports and promotes the protection, enhancement, and wise use of the enviro