Property Ownership

Which doctrine holds that a landowner adjacent to a watercourse has the right to use water from that watercourse based on their land's proximity?

AAppropriation doctrine
BRiparian rights doctrine✓ Correct
CPrior appropriation doctrine
DCorrelative rights doctrine

Explanation

Under the riparian rights doctrine, owners of land bordering a stream or river have rights to use water from that watercourse. California uses a hybrid system combining riparian and appropriation doctrines, but riparian rights attach to land adjacent to the water source.

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