California Water Code CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and Interpretation of Division

• Section 1000.
  As used in this division, “water” includes the term “use of water.”(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
• Section 1001.
  Nothing in this division shall be construed as giving or confirming any right, title, or interest to or in the corpus of any water.(Enacted by...
• Section 1002.
  This division shall not be held to bestow upon any person, except as expressly provided in it, any right where no such right existed prior...
• Section 1003.
  As used in this division, “Water Commission Act” means Chapter 586, Statutes of 1913, as amended.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
• Section 1004.
  As used in this division, “useful or beneficial purposes” shall not be construed to mean the use in any one year of more than 21/2...
• Section 1005.
  Nothing in this division shall be construed as depriving any city, city and county, municipal water district, irrigation district, or lighting district of the benefit...
• Section 1005.1.
  Cessation of or reduction in the extraction of ground water by the owner of a right to extract, as the result of the use of...
• Section 1005.2.
  Cessation of or reduction in the extraction of ground water, to permit the replenishment of such ground water by the use of water from an...
• Section 1005.3.
  During the pendency of an action to adjudicate substantially all water rights in a ground water basin situated in whole or in part within the...
• Section 1005.4.
  (a) Cessation of or reduction in the extraction of ground water, to permit the replenishment of such ground water by the use of water from...
• Section 1006.
  Nothing in this division affects or limits in any manner whatsoever the right or power of any municipality which, prior to December 19, 1914, had...
• Section 1007.
  Nothing in this division shall be construed to deprive the State or any city, city and county, municipal water district, irrigation district, lighting district, political...
• Section 1008.
  Nothing in this division shall be construed as depriving any person of the right of appeal conferred under the laws of this State.(Enacted by Stats....
• Section 1009.
  Any supplier of water in this state for municipal use, including the state, or any city, county, city and county, district, individual, partnership, corporation, or...
• Section 1009.5.
  (a) A water district and the district attorney of any county in which the water district is located may enter into an agreement authorizing the attorney...
• Section 1010.
  (a) (1) The cessation of, or reduction in, the use of water under any existing right regardless of the basis of right, as the result of the...
• Section 1011.
  (a) When any person entitled to the use of water under an appropriative right fails to use all or any part of the water because of...
• Section 1011.5.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the growing water needs of the state require the use of water in an efficient manner and that...
• Section 1012.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where any person, public agency, or agency of the United States undertakes any water conservation effort, either separately or...
• Section 1013.
  (a) The Imperial Irrigation District, acting under a contract with the United States for diversion and use of Colorado River water or pursuant to the California...
• Section 1014.
  The transfer of water, or the offer of water for transfer, shall not cause, or be the basis for, a forfeiture, abandonment, or modification of...
• Section 1015.
  During the term of a temporary change, as defined in Section 1728, if an enforcement action or other proceeding is commenced that alleges that the...
• Section 1016.
  (a) At the conclusion of the term of a water transfer agreement, all rights in, and the use of, the water subject to the agreement revert...
• Section 1017.
  The beneficial use of water pursuant to a transfer or exchange authorized pursuant to Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 1435) of, Chapter 10 (commencing with...
• Section 1018.
  When agricultural lands are being idled in order to provide water for transfer pursuant to this division, and an amount of water is determined to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018