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Cal. Water Code § 1702 (2026)
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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 change will not operate to the injury of any legal user of the water involved.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2011–2016 · leading case: San Luis Unit Food Producers v. United States, 772 F. Supp. 2d 1210 (E.D. Cal. 2011).
San Luis Unit Food Producers v. United States, 772 F. Supp. 2d 1210 (E.D. Cal. 2011). “This ignores that the Bureau has applied for and been granted a permit to change the place and purposes of use with respect to CVP water in compliance with California Water Code § 1702, as confirmed in D-1641, upheld by the California Court of Appeals in State Water Resources…”
In re Cow Creek Water Rights CA3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016). “(Wat. Code, §§ 1702, 1725, 1736.) Obviously, the trial court did not have occasion to consider amended section 1740 when it heard plaintiff’s motion to amend the Decree.”
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