Yadkin Docs

If the body of water is man-made, a canal or reservoir for example, the customary riparian rights may not apply, and the uses by littoral owners can be limited. For instance, an owner of property on a lake formed by a hydro-electric dam or on a man-made canal may have no riparian right to withdraw water or build a dock. On the other hand, landowners who build ponds on their own property would continue to have riparian rights in that water.

Such lands cannot be privately owned, with the exception of certain limited grants and sales of these lands that the State has made in the past.

A new 30-year agreement will mean that Alcoa must maintain at least 900 jobs and pour $600 million into what is known as the Massena East smelter.