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Cal. Water Code § 31082 (2026)

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A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, and compromise actions and proceedings to prevent interference with or diminution of the natural flow of any stream or natural subterranean supply of waters which may:

(a)Be used or be useful for any purpose of the district.

(b)Be of common benefit to the land or its inhabitants.

(c)Endanger the inhabitants or land.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1956–2003 · leading case: Castaic Lake Water Agency v. Whittaker Corp., 272 F. Supp. 2d 1053 (C.D. Cal. 2003).

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Castaic Lake Water Agency v. Whittaker Corp., 272 F. Supp. 2d 1053 (C.D. Cal. 2003). “Newhall and Castaic both have the power to sue and be sued, and Newhall in particular has the power to institute “actions and proceedings to prevent interference with or diminution of the .”

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Kings Cnty. Water Dist., 302 P.2d 1 (Cal. 1956). “These functions of the district, acting on behalf of all landowners in the district, are of substantial and direct benefit to all land similarly situated within the district.”

DeLoreto v. Goleta Cnty. Water Dist., 234 Cal. App. 2d 164 (Cal. Ct. App. 1965). “(Wat. Code, § 31082.). ... A county water district has other functions and powers than the furnishing of water to any particular land.”

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