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<br />Interstate and Federal Law
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<br />Federal Reserved Water Rights
<br />In !l}l17 11ll' ;-:'uprClllt' Cllun In \\'lnln,
<br />\ t "nlll'(l ;<lilli,', uell'rmmcd lhill thr ~lah'"
<br />C<luld nl'[ Jepn\'c \:;ltl\'C :\mak.H\s III the
<br />water r(,""'l'vell Illr tn..:m hy 111lpho.:;llhm
<br />when C(m~r;;~.. lTcal,'U tnh,11 rC~r\'alllln:'>
<br />Thh w:nl'r~l\I'J tIll' (,lIKt'p' 1I1 kua.\l
<br />Tt'''''''T'\'ru W;ll,'f n~hb. (rC,ltl'd expr,'ss]y llT
<br />hy Unphl";lllun
<br />Implit-o Inkral R">l.'l'\'('d n~hb rl'll'T III
<br />w;lh:r th.u W;L'o uruppl"llpnall'rJ 1m llll' d;\k
<br />the TeSCT'\'3Ih'll WJ-S ,-n',lIed. In the mllllll1Um
<br />.ltn,lunt m.....l,'S.'iJI). It' .Khll'W the pnmary
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<br />rurpo~~ "j th... r('sen;all,IO, The pm>nty
<br />d.llC "f thIS type 01 ~r\"cd Winer n~hl IS
<br />the lbw the ~r'\";ltl{'n was created
<br />Suhx4uently. the l' S SupT.:'m,' Coun
<br />Jnd \..molls st.lle supreme nmru. haw
<br />upheld lmphl'd kdtral rcscrwu nghts for
<br />numcrllu~ nall,1O;J] p:nks, m,~nUments"
<br />.md ,lthd kdi:ral re"",rV<lIl(1ns (reati:d
<br />lhr,'u~h ,I..:l~ <,I C,m~re:>s
<br />h'deral reserved water n~hb nuy alS0
<br />Ix" tTt"atl'cl expres~ly, for example. hy the
<br />""lId .md 'X"';nl': R1\TrS ACl
<br />:\:, ,I result o! thIS lq!..d preted"nt. .md
<br />walla}' western (,mcern" .tboU! exc1us1\'e
<br />federal (ontwl ,l\"er mb:!l .md federal
<br />WJter d;llntS. Congress ,LJ"Plcd thc ] Q'j2
<br />\kUrran Amendment ThIS amendment
<br />permuted "tJte C(1un_~ III .1dJudicate federal
<br />,md mha] water d:ums These mcluded
<br />..:xpre-.s Jlld lmpht'd kderal reserved water
<br />n~hts_ Jlld fo:Jdal claims tll state law-
<br />ha<'l.'d water n~hb "mce thl;'ll, C,)IOr,ld,l
<br />ha" ;IJJudKatl'J f,'dt'ra] and mhal re~f\TJ
<br />n~hts d.llllls. ;lnd the 5t,\tl;' .Idmlnlsters
<br />them III pn,)nty, .t]t,ng wnh statt'-b:bt'J
<br />\..;Ita n~hts
<br />f,'r ,'xJmpk. Rlx"ky 'I,mntJ]n Nall,l11JI
<br />P;lrk .md the L.Khl' W I\)udre Wild Jnd
<br />""TnK Rly,'r h,l\"e LL)!ofadll waler Cllun
<br />dCL:rt"6 lor lnkral ITscrn'd water nghts
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