...all water now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for sale, rental, or distribution, is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject...regulation and control of the State, in the manner to be prescribed by law. [June 8, 1976] The current language of section 5 continues precisely the first...

...required in fully carrying out the provisions of that title, are declared to be a public use, subject to the regulation and control of the State, in the manner prescribed by law. The Bureau of Reclamation has adopted a framework for the transfer of title to reclamation projects....

...paragraphs devoted to water and water rights in the 1879 constitution did declare the use of water to be a "public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the State."137 However, the "State" in this instance referred to local officials, not a centralized...

...to their complete development, or any other use necessary to the complete health of its inhabitants, is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the state. Private property may be taken for public use, but not until a just compensation, to be ascertained...

...of water now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for sale, rental or distribution, is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the State." The Patrons of Husbandry, or Grange, even argued in the 1870s for complete public ownership of water...

...all water now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for sale, rental, or distribution, is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject...regulation and control of the State, in the manner to be prescribed by law ; provided, that the rates or compensation to be collected by any person, company,...