A survey is to be carried out with riparian owners contributing to the £500 cost.

The law gives riparian owners certain rights to water that are incident to possession of the adjacent land.

First, riparian owners may be entitled to the "natural flow" of a watercourse.

However, this qualified right does not entitle riparian owners to transport water away from the land abutting the watercourse.

Nor does it permit riparian owners to use the water for most irrigation projects or commercial enterprises.

Second, riparian owners may be entitled to the "reasonable use" of a watercourse.

Third, riparian owners may be entitled to the "prior appropriation" of a watercourse.

Under current UK laws, anyone on that water without permission from the riparian owner is trespassing.

The riparian owners in Louisiana gave title to the state when the case began.

They're all riparian owners, and they represent the interests of the Fishery rights.