Jessica Peterson / Getty Images Water rights pertain to the legal rights of property owners to access and use bodies of water adjacent to lands they hold. Different types of water rights exist ...

states are looking for alternatives to handle water rights, many of which were set more than 100 years ago when water supplies were far more abundant. Back then, just posting a sign next to a ...

While the Resnicks do own water rights in the state, claims they are hoarding the supply or hindering the fight to control the blazes aren't true. Here's what we know. Stewart and Lynda Resnick ...

After the auctioning of 90 shares of Colorado water rights in Boulder County on Wednesday, thoughts turned to the rising cost. Some of the rights -- with associated fees -- sold for more than $80,000.

When there's a shortage, those with newer water rights have to cut back first, sometimes giving up their water completely before older claims lose a single drop. It's known as "first in time ...

In reality, for most tribes, they are only “paper rights” not amounting to water they can use. Stephanie Sy reports on the opportunities and impediments ahead as a megadrought afflicts the ...

Civil rights, voting rights and water rights converged Sunday in Flint where about 200 people marched to commemorate the anniversary of the march in Selma, Ala., 52 years ago and link that ...

BOISE, Idaho — The director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) issued an order on May 30 to curtail, or shut off, groundwater rights that are junior, or more recent, to March 31 ...

When there's a drought, those with newer water rights have to cut back before you do. It's known as first in time, first in right. RITCHIE: We and others have invested a lot of money in our ...

Four months after West Maui suffered the deadliest natural disaster in the state's history, residents are seeking existing water rights, which many characterize as "stolen" from the native ...

Aug 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to block Idaho from enforcing laws that provides ranchers a path to take control of water rights the federal ...

BOISE, Idaho — It's a question, or a series of them rather, that has hung over farmers in Idaho for decades: What to do about Idaho's complicated water rights? In the Gem State, water rights ...