Hearing on Montana Water Court overhaul highlights divisions over water rights – Daily Montanan

A Senate committee hearing on a bill that seeks to overhaul the Montana Water Court as the state tries to finish working through 50 years of water rights adjudication showed just how complicated water law is and how many people it affects.

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