Legal Opinion
In Re the General Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Gila River System & Source
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 1999No. WC-90-0001-IR, WC-90-0002-IR, WC-90-0003-IR, WC-90-0004-IR, WC-90-0005-IR, WC-90-0006-IR, WC-90-0007-IR, WC-79-0001, WC-79-0002, WC-79-0003, WC-79-0004PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FIDEL, Judge.
¶ 1 In the third of a series of interlocutory opinions in this comprehensive general stream adjudication, we address two questions: Do federal reserved water rights extend to groundwater (underground water) that is not subject to prior appropriation under Arizona law? Are federal reserved rights holders entitled to greater protection from groundwater pumping than are water users who hold only state law rights? We answer both questions in the affirmative.
I. Procedural History
¶ 2 The purpose of a comprehensive general stream adjudication is to determine “the nature, extent…
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