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D-water-right Dictionary

Water Right

The legal permission to take and use a given amount of water

All termsIntroduced in Module 9Open the Toolkit
An open dictionary on a farm office desk
Plain meaning
The legal permission to take and use a given amount of water
How to use it
Confirm the legal right to the water the venture needs before investing in irrigation.
South African benchmark
South Africa licenses agricultural water use under its national water law.
Country notes
Each market licenses water use; borehole and river abstraction rules differ by country.
Go and read
M2-U5, M2-U6
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A020, LIB-A033
See also
Dryland farming, Controlled-environment farming
Dryland farming compared with irrigated farming and the enterprises each supportsWater decides the enterpriseDryland: rain onlyIrrigated: borehole, dam or riverboreholeDrought-tolerant crops, grazing, sorghumHigh-value vegetables, fruit, seed crops
From Module 9, Climate, Water and Resource Risk, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C9 Climate, Water and Resource Risk.