Practice question
An intermittent brook in its natural bed crosses private land. The owner argues its dry-season interruption alone turns both the described water category and natural bed into unrestricted private water property. Which is correct?
- Every seasonal brook is automatically a private tank.
- Article 5(b) expressly includes intermittent waters and the stated natural beds; seasonal interruption alone does not defeat that category.
- Only continuous flow can ever be State-owned.
- A fence necessarily repeals 5(b).
- The owner may acquire every upstream water source by an oral declaration.
Legal references
- Water Code PD1067 Articles5-8 and13-16: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1976/pd_1067_1976.html
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