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The Raise the River partnership has purchased 10,000 acre-feet of permanent water rights to divert toward formerly dry river sections where a high water table is likeliest to keep tree roots wet the longest.
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Instead, the problems between people in the village came from smaller, more local disputes about fences and water rights.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Ailene Voisin, an information officer for the State Water Resources Control Board, told The Sacramento Bee that the agency does not track water use specifically by AI data centers, that the board only monitors water used by water rights holders and public water systems.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
The rule of capture, once an obscure provision of Texas law, is now on more people’s radar after a fight over water rights in East Texas went public earlier this year.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2025
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Instead, the problems between people in the village came from smaller, more local disputes about fences and water rights.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Ailene Voisin, an information officer for the State Water Resources Control Board, told The Sacramento Bee that the agency does not track water use specifically by AI data centers, that the board only monitors water used by water rights holders and public water systems.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
The rule of capture, once an obscure provision of Texas law, is now on more people’s radar after a fight over water rights in East Texas went public earlier this year.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Water right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20right. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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