Answer:
a. Is a method of allocating water, according to proportion of land next to a stream, used in the west and east United States
Explanation:
Riparian Water Rights (Riparian Rights)
This reprsents a water allocation system, allowing landowners who owned lands along rivers and streams to use the water for basic domestic purposes including cooking, bathing, drinking and watering livestock.
These landowners were also responsible for ensuring that the water body is preserved in a unpolluted and undiminshed condition.
This Riparian Water Rights was used in may areas of common law heritage such as Western and Eastern United States including Canada among others. Outside the United States, Australia also used the Riparian Water Rights.
