{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"1004","citation":"Wat. Code, § 1004","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. WATER [1000. - 5951.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [1000. - 1126.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Definitions and Interpretation of Division [1000. - 1018.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-1/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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 acre-feet of water per acre in the irrigation of uncultivated areas of land not devoted to cultivated crops.</p>","text":"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 acre-feet of water per acre in the irrigation of uncultivated areas of land not devoted to cultivated crops.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/definitions-and-interpretation-of-division-1004","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}