Water rights

Question 1

Rights of the owner of bordering property to use of a stationary body of water, such as a lake or sea.

Answer 1

Littoral right

Question 2

Rights of the owners of a bordering property to use of a flowing body of water, such as a river or creek.

Answer 2

Riparian right

Question 3

Rights of the owners to draw water from underground Wells for the land owners use.

Answer 3

Percolating, right

Question 4

The doctrine that grants water rights based on which entity or individuals, was the first to put water from a given source to beneficial use, rather than based on the adjacency of water to a specific property.

Answer 4

Prior appropriation

Question 5

Todd just closed escrow on his dream home and ocean front property with its own private beach

Answer 5

Littoral

Question 6

Who do the small Creek flowing along the edge of our backyard would be the primary setting for so many hours a father son bonding
Is this a riparian, prior appropriation, or littoral

Answer 6

Riparian

Question 7

Back in the day, Sandra’s family found a stream. They used as irrigation for crops, and they still have primary rights to it. Is this a riparian, prior appropriation, or littoral

Answer 7

Prior appropriation

Question 8

California law uses the doctrine of prior appropriation. True or false?

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The California state water resources control board enforces the law that prohibits land owners from using percolating water. True or false

Answer 9

False

Question 10

California law requires water used to be beneficial and not wasteful. True or false

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What are natural processes associated with water rights?

Answer 11

Accretion
the process which water carries rock and sand and soil causes land buildup.
Alluvion
New deposits of land that are the result of accretion
Avulsion
Lots of land by suddenly large scale changes in water flow
Reliction
Gradual receding of water, which uncovers new land