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What is the principle behind the prior appropriation doctrine?
What is the principle behind the prior appropriation doctrine?
- The user who can pay the most for the water has the highest priority right
- The most efficient user of water has the highest priority right
- The person who owns the land where the water is located has the highest priority right
- The first person to use a quantity of water has the highest priority right (correct)
What happens to higher priority users during drought conditions under the prior appropriation doctrine?
What happens to higher priority users during drought conditions under the prior appropriation doctrine?
- They receive water after junior users
- They receive water before junior users (correct)
- They lose their rights to water
- Their rights are temporarily suspended
How can appropriative rights be lost under the prior appropriation doctrine?
How can appropriative rights be lost under the prior appropriation doctrine?
- Through selling or transferring apart from the land
- Through excessive use
- Through nonuse (correct)
- Through dispute with other users
What is an artesian aquifer?
What is an artesian aquifer?
What is the main function of the Earth's atmosphere in relation to water?
What is the main function of the Earth's atmosphere in relation to water?
What agricultural staples owe their progress to the acequia system?
What agricultural staples owe their progress to the acequia system?
What is the defining characteristic of an acid?
What is the defining characteristic of an acid?
What is the volume of water required to cover 1 acre of land to a depth of 1 foot?
What is the volume of water required to cover 1 acre of land to a depth of 1 foot?
What does the term 'alkali' refer to in relation to water and soils?
What does the term 'alkali' refer to in relation to water and soils?
What does the term 'alluvial deposits' refer to?
What does the term 'alluvial deposits' refer to?
What is the term for a substance with a pH of less than 7?
What is the term for a substance with a pH of less than 7?
What is the defining characteristic of alkali substances in relation to water and soils?
What is the defining characteristic of alkali substances in relation to water and soils?
What is the term for the capacity of water to neutralize an acid solution?
What is the term for the capacity of water to neutralize an acid solution?
What is the system for allocating water to private individuals used in most Western states?
What is the system for allocating water to private individuals used in most Western states?
What is the volume of water required to cover 1 acre of land to a depth of 1 foot?
What is the volume of water required to cover 1 acre of land to a depth of 1 foot?
What do alluvial deposits refer to?
What do alluvial deposits refer to?
What is the basis of the prior appropriation doctrine?
What is the basis of the prior appropriation doctrine?
What happens to higher priority users during drought conditions under the prior appropriation doctrine?
What happens to higher priority users during drought conditions under the prior appropriation doctrine?
What is the defining characteristic of an artesian aquifer?
What is the defining characteristic of an artesian aquifer?
What does the term 'base' refer to in relation to water?
What does the term 'base' refer to in relation to water?
What do appropriative rights refer to under the prior appropriation doctrine?
What do appropriative rights refer to under the prior appropriation doctrine?
What is the primary function of the Earth's atmosphere in relation to water?
What is the primary function of the Earth's atmosphere in relation to water?
What is the characteristic of a confined aquifer?
What is the characteristic of a confined aquifer?
What does the term 'base flow' refer to?
What does the term 'base flow' refer to?
What happens to appropriative rights if they are not used?
What happens to appropriative rights if they are not used?
