California Water Code CHAPTER 10 - Change of Point of Diversion, Place of Use, or Purpose of Use

• Section 1700.
  Water appropriated under the Water Commission Act or this code for one specific purpose shall not be deemed to be appropriated for any other or...
• Section 1701.
  At any time after notice of an application is given, an applicant, permittee, or licensee may change the point of diversion, place of use, or...
• Section 1701.1.
  A petition for change filed after notice of an application shall meet all of the following requirements:(a) State the name and address of the petitioner.(b) Be signed...
• Section 1701.2.
  A petition for change in a permit or license shall meet all of the following requirements:(a) State the name and address of the petitioner.(b) Be signed by...
• Section 1701.3.
  (a) After a petition is filed, the board may request additional information reasonably necessary to clarify, amplify, correct, or otherwise supplement the information required to be...
• Section 1701.4.
  If, within the period provided, the petitioner does not provide the information requested pursuant to Section 1701.3, the board shall cancel the petition, unless, for...
• Section 1702.
  Before permission to make such a change is granted the petitioner shall establish, to the satisfaction of the board, and it shall find, that the...
• Section 1703.
  After filing a petition for permission to make a change, the petitioner, in case the board so requires, shall cause notice thereof to be given...
• Section 1703.1.
  Any interested person, within the time allowed in the notice of petition, or within the time the board may allow for good cause shown, may...
• Section 1703.2.
  The protest shall meet all of the following requirements:(a) State the name and address of the protestant.(b) Be signed by the protestant, or the protestant’s agent or...
• Section 1703.3.
  The board may request from the protestant additional information reasonably necessary to clarify, amplify, correct, or otherwise supplement the information required to be submitted pursuant...
• Section 1703.4.
  The protestant and the petitioner shall make a good faith effort to resolve the protest not later than 180 days from the date the period...
• Section 1703.5.
  The board may request from the protestant or the petitioner additional information that the board determines is reasonably necessary to attempt to resolve the protest....
• Section 1703.6.
  (a) The board may cancel a protest or petition for failure to provide information requested by the board under this chapter within the period provided.(b) Except as...
• Section 1704.
  (a) The board, after a hearing, may approve with conditions, or deny, a petition.(b) Notice of hearing shall be given by mailing the notice not less than...
• Section 1704.1.
  The Division of Water Rights shall conduct a field investigation of all minor protested petitions for change. The board shall notify the parties of the...
• Section 1704.2.
  The Division of Water Rights may request the parties to submit information in support of their positions. The Division of Water Rights may request information...
• Section 1704.3.
  Based upon the field investigation and any other information obtained under this chapter, the Division of Water Rights shall issue an order acting on the...
• Section 1704.4.
  For purposes of this chapter, a minor petition for change shall mean any petition which does not involve direct diversions in excess of three cubic-feet...
• Section 1705.
  After the hearing the board shall grant or refuse, as the facts warrant, permission to change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose...
• Section 1706.
  The person entitled to the use of water by virtue of an appropriation other than under the Water Commission Act or this code may change...
• Section 1707.
  (a) (1) Any person entitled to the use of water, whether based upon an appropriative, riparian, or other right, may petition the board pursuant to this chapter,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018