Pub. L. 100-557, tit. II, sec. 211

WATER RIGHTS.

EnactedYear: 1988Length: 148 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 211. WATER RIGHTS. Nothing in this title shall be construed to— (1) impair the validity of or preempt any provision of State water law, or of any interstate compact governing water; (2) alter the rights of any State to any appropriated share of the waters of any body or surface or ground water, whether determined by past or future interstate compacts, or by past or future legislative or final judicial allocations; (3) preempt or modify any State or Federal law or interstate compact dealing with water quality or disposal; (4) confer upon any non-Federal entity the ability to exercise any Federal right to the waters of any stream or to any ground water resources; or (5) affect any water rights of any Indian or Indian tribe if such rights were established by the setting aside of a reservation by treaty, Executive order, agreements, or Act of Congress.
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