Why Adjacent Riparian Water Right-Holders Have Co-equal Rights

11/16/22

“Why do adjacent riparian right-holders have co-equal rights?”

Riparian rights allow owners of land adjacent to water to use the resource as they wish (within reasonable limits). But what happens if multiple properties intersect the same body of water? It turns out they would have equal rights since they both have adjacent land! This is Why Adjacent Riparian Water Right-Holders Have Co-equal Rights.