California Water Code 1201 – All water flowing in any natural channel, excepting so far as it has …
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All water flowing in any natural channel, excepting so far as it has been or is being applied to useful and beneficial purposes upon, or in so far as it is or may be reasonably needed for useful and beneficial purposes upon lands riparian thereto, or otherwise appropriated, is hereby declared to be public water of the State and subject to appropriation in accordance with the provisions of this code.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
Terms Used In California Water Code 1201
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
- water: includes the term "use of water. See California Water Code 1000