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Cal. Water Code § 1254 (2026)

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In acting upon applications to appropriate water the board shall be guided by the policy that domestic use is the highest use and irrigation is the next highest use of water.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2000–2004 · leading case: In Re Water Use Permit Applications, 9 P.3d 409 (Haw. 2000).
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In Re Water Use Permit Applications, 9 P.3d 409 (Haw. 2000). “c (1979) [hereinafter Restatement (Second) ] (preference for domestic, or “natural,” uses under riparian law); Cal. Water Code § 1254 (West 1971) (“domestic use is the highest use”); Minn.”
Cent. Delta Water Agency v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 20 Cal. Rptr. 3d 898 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004). “(Wat. Code, §§ 1254, 1257.) 3 The Board’s California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) determination does not evaluate the environmental consequences of the potential uses of the appropriated water because they are speculative.”
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