Navigate Water Rights and Adjudications with Expert Watermaster Services

Our experts provide trusted expertise in water rights and Watermaster services, ensuring compliance with California’s complex legal and regulatory framework. From navigating water right applications, transfers, and change petitions, to administering court-decreed water rights as a Watermaster, we help clients protect their access to water while promoting fair and efficient resource management. Our team partners with local, public, and private clients to resolve disputes, optimize water use, and safeguard long-term water availability.
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Our Water Rights & Watermaster Services

See how we support clients in securing and managing water rights while administering fair water distribution.

We guide clients through the permitting and licensing process with the California State Water Resources Control Board, preparing water right applications, transfers, and change petitions to align with regulatory requirements and client needs.

We provide expert consultation on the characteristics and implications of water rights, ensuring that clients make informed decisions about water allocation, usage, and long-term planning.

We serve as Watermaster in California groundwater and surface water basins, administering court decrees, enforcing water rights, and managing allocations to ensure compliance and minimize disputes.

We help clients navigate court-ordered adjudications by interpreting decrees, supporting compliance, and advising on water distribution strategies that balance competing interests.

We work with municipalities, agencies, agricultural operators, and private entities to secure water rights, resolve conflicts, and ensure sustainable use of this critical resource.

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Water Rights & Watermaster FAQs

A water right is a legal entitlement that allows water to be diverted from its source and used for specific purposes, such as municipal, agricultural, or industrial needs.

The California State Water Resources Control Board issues permits and licenses for water rights, ensuring that water use serves the public interest and is managed responsibly.

An adjudication is a court ruling that resolves disputes over water rights within a watershed. The decree defines the adjudication area and often appoints a Watermaster to administer and enforce the court’s decision.

A Watermaster ensures compliance with court decrees by managing water allocations, monitoring usage, and resolving disputes among water users within the adjudicated basin.

Municipalities, agricultural producers, water agencies, and private landowners benefit from our expertise in securing, transferring, and managing water rights, as well as our role as Watermaster in California basins.

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