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Water Code § 1240

ARTICLE 4. Beneficial Use

Current as of September 28, 2026Wat. Code, § 1240Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.

The appropriation must be for some useful or beneficial purpose, and when the appropriator or his successor in interest ceases to use it for such a purpose the right ceases.