water right

noun

: a right to the use of water (as for irrigation)
especially : riparian right

Examples of water right in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Garden Grove must also secure its water rights for the distant future and push the state to invest in desalination as well as upgrading electrical infrastructure. Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024 The court order that quantified the conservation area's water rights was not challenged by the January 2024 deadline. Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2024 The revelations about Nestlé piping water out of the national forest sparked an outpouring of opposition and prompted several complaints to California regulators questioning the company’s water rights claims, which led to the state’s investigation. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024 The destruction forced open deep wounds in the community about affordable housing, water rights and tourism and exposed inconvenient truths about the legacy of colonialism and its impact on the environment and the Native Hawaiian community. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for water right 

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Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of water right was in 1793

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“Water right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20right. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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