Social:Correlative rights doctrine

The correlative rights doctrine is a legal doctrine limiting the rights of landowners to a common source of groundwater (such as an aquifer) to a reasonable share, typically based on the amount of land owned by each on the surface above. This doctrine is also applied to oil and gas in some U.S. states.

See also

• Mineral rights
• Water rights
• United States groundwater law

References

• Black's Law Dictionary
• BarBri Real Property outline