REAL ESTATE - California Water Rights,
Rules
A client wants to sell a property that gets its drinking water from a well. The well on the
property has no recent tests but the client knows that the well was 240 feet deep when it
was dug. Dropping an ice cube down the well, you record that it took 3 seconds before
you heard a splash. What should you tell the buyers about the well water level? (the
equation is 16' x time for splash x time for splash). - ANS-96 feet of water remains in the
well.
American Water law began in which country? - ANS-England.
California has a patchwork of water rights. Which of the following system of rights is
NOT found somewhere around the state? - ANS-Proprietary Ownership rights.
Californians can lease water back to the river for instream purposes under Water Code
Chapter 1.5, § 1020. The water right owner can only lease a certain amount of the water
away, they still have to make beneficial use of the remaining portion of the water. What
percentage of an individual's water right can be leased? - ANS-25%
Do you smell an old egg? What is the most likely cause of this smell in well water? -
ANS-Bacteria in the water.
How does the law define surface water? - ANS-Water that falls and spreads naturally
over lands.
If a homeowner with access to a river begins to put the water in barrels, they own that
water because they have captured it. Which of the following would end their ownership
of the water? - ANS-Pouring the water back into the river next to the homeowner's
house
If the state applies the planned water rations in 2030, how much water will a resident of
California allowed to use per day during a summer drought? - ANS-50 gallons
Roughly how much of America's population lives in counties that are on the shoreline? -
ANS-40%
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