{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"302","citation":"Wat. Code, § 302","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100. - 550.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205. - 347.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-1/chapter-2.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300. - 311.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-1/chapter-2.5/article-4"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The use of any water flowing from an artesian well for the irrigation of land, whenever over 5 per cent of the water received on the land for irrigation purposes is permitted to escape from the land, is waste within the meaning of this article.</p>","text":"The use of any water flowing from an artesian well for the irrigation of land, whenever over 5 per cent of the water received on the land for irrigation purposes is permitted to escape from the land, is waste within the meaning of this article.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/waste-from-artesian-wells-302","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}