ENCS352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Encs, Judicial Review, Riparian Water Rights

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Environmental and Conservation Sciences
• Course: ENCS352
• Professor: Jodie Hierlmeier

Document Summary

Water act for non-energy resource activities: aer administers crown owned water pursuant to the water act for energy resource activities. Tuesday, october 11, 2016: licensed use, other uses exempted from requiring a licence, note water act is mostly about regulating water quantity and impacts to water bodies; epea is used to regulate water quality for industrial activities. Household use: must own or occupy land adjacent to water or has groundwater underneath it (riparian rights), water act includes common law riparian rights but modi es it. Household users gets priority no matter what: runs with the land if you sell your property the rights are transferred to the new owners. Who could be a household user: user a unless user b also has groundwater underneath. Traditional agricultural use: must own or occupy land adjacent to water or has groundwater underneath it (riparian rights).