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Show Appendix B Summaries of the Water-Law Doctrines of the Seventeen Western States These summeries include condensed statements of the principles re- lating to rights to the use of water for beneficial purposes as developed by constitutional and statutory provisions and judicial decisions. They reflect the scope and application of the appropriation doctrine with respect to watercourses, waters subject to appropriation, the method or methods of acquiring appropriative rights, preferential use of water, and conditions under which rights are lost by statutory forfeiture. For states in which riparian rights are recognized, the summaries include indications of the degree of recognition, the conflict of riparian and appropriative principles, and the extent to which conflicts have been reconciled. Similarly indicated are principles governing the use of defined under- ground streams and of percolating waters, together with the statutory provisions, if any, relating to administrative control over rights to the use of ground waters. Brief reference is also made to methods of adjudi- cating water rights and the degree of participation of state officials in statutory adjudications, and to the public administration of water rights and distribution of water to holders of rights of use. These summaries have been independently prepared by Wells A. Hutchins, Department of Agriculture. Arizona Appropriations of water may be made under an exclusive procedure prescribed by statute, the first step being the making of an application to the State Land Commissioner for a permit to appropriate water, and the final step being the issuance of a certificate to the applicant after he has satisfied all requirements.1 Appropriations for the genera- tion of hydroelectric energy are subject to certain special limitations; if the development is to exceed 25,000 horsepower, approval of the ^riz. Code Ann. 1939, §§ 75-101 to 75-113. Exclusiveness of statutory procedure: Tattersfield v. Putnam, 45 Ariz. 156, 174, 41 Pac. (2d) 228 (1935); Parker v. Mclntyre, 47 Ariz. 484, 489, 56 Pac. (2d) 1337 (1936). 711 |