{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"1242","citation":"Wat. Code, § 1242","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. WATER [1000. - 5951.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER [1200. - 1851.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [1200. - 1248.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Beneficial Use [1240. - 1244.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-1/article-4"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The storing of water underground, including the diversion of streams and the flowing of water on lands necessary to the accomplishment of such storage, constitutes a beneficial use of water if the water so stored is thereafter applied to the beneficial purposes for which the appropriation for storage was made.</p>","text":"The storing of water underground, including the diversion of streams and the flowing of water on lands necessary to the accomplishment of such storage, constitutes a beneficial use of water if the water so stored is thereafter applied to the beneficial purposes for which the appropriation for storage was made.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/beneficial-use-1242","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}