论“水权”概念在美国的界定

水权是我国学界研究的热点问题，但对其概念的内涵与外延却一直未有定论，这就需要我们回到“水权”概念的源头——美国，对其加以深入考察。根据美国学者和立法实践对于“水权”（waterright）的界定，水权是对流淌于天然通道的江河、湖泊、溪流、泉水、地下含水层等公共水体的权利，水权只是指水资源使用权或水使用权（包括水资源使用权和商品水使用权），而不包括水资源所有权或水所有权。这是由美国所具有的法律文化、法律思维、法律理念、法律传统所决定的。

On the "water rights" concept defined in the United States

Water right is a heated issue of academic research in our country, but a lot of problems are still around the intension and extention of its concept,so it is necessary to return to the source of the concept of ＂ water right＂ - the United States and do some in - depth study on it. According to the definition of ＂ water right＂ by American scholars and legislative practice, water rights are the fights to public water bodies, such as rivers, lakes, streams, springs and underground aquifers flowing in their natural channels, and water rights only mean the rights to use wa- ter resources or water use （including the use fights to water resources and water goods） but not including the own- ership of water resources or water. This is determined by the legal culture,legal thinking,legal philosophy and legal tradition of the United States.