§ 2818 Water Rights Abandonment Rules

• •If you stop using your water rights, you can lose them.
• •You must use the water for something good, like farming or drinking.
• •If you don’t finish setting up your water use properly, you might lose your rights.

A farmer gets permission to use river water for crops but stops farming for years.

If the farmer doesn’t use the water for a long time, the government can take away their right to use that water.