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dc.contributor.authorLeask, Linda
dc.contributor.authorLowe, Marie
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-11T00:06:13Z
dc.date.available2017-08-11T00:06:13Z
dc.date.issued2017-02-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/7811
dc.description.abstractAlaska’s state constitution defines water as a public resource, but no one has automatic rights to use water.1 The constitution and Alaska law allow the state government to decide who can use water, how much they can use, and for what. That’s true on both private and public land, and for all landowners —government agencies, businesses, and individual Alaskans. Anyone who plans to use a significant amount of water needs to get water rights, which are legal rights to specific amounts of water, from specific sources, for specific purposes.2 The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) processes water-rights applications and decides whether to issue water-right permits and certificates. And anyone who gets water rights has priority over those who apply later, if other proposed uses would conflict with theirs.3en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEcotrust, Inc.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherInstitute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorageen_US
dc.subjectAlaskaen_US
dc.subjectwater rightsen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding Water Rights in Alaskaen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-03-05T12:49:23Z


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