California Legal Codes and Statutes

Division 2 - WATER

California Water Code — §§ 1000-5951

Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§§ 1000-1126
Division - Definitions and Interpretation of Division
§§ 1000-1018
Chapter 1.5 - Water Leases
§§ 1020-1031
Chapter 2 - Administrative Provisions Generally
§§ 1050-1060
Chapter 3 - Witnesses and Production of Evidence
§§ 1075-1106
Article 1 - Definitions
§§ 1075-1076
Article 2 - Attendance and Fees
§§ 1080-1086
Article 3 - Compelling Attendance
§§ 1090-1097
Article 4 - Depositions
§§ 1100
Article 5 - Immunity
§§ 1105-1106
Chapter 3.5 - State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearings Office
§§ 1110-1114
Chapter 4 - Reconsideration, Amendment, and Judicial Review of Water Right Decisions and Orders
§§ 1120-1126
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 1120-1121
Article 2 - Reconsideration and Amendment of Decisions and Orders
§§ 1122-1124
Article 3 - Review by Court of Decisions and Orders
§§ 1126
Part 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER
§§ 1200-1851
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 1200-1248
Article 1 - Water Subject to Appropriation
§§ 1200-1203
Article 1.3 - Declaration of Fully Appropriated Stream System
§§ 1205-1207
Article 1.5 - Treated Waste Water
§§ 1210-1212
Article 1.7 - Areas of Origin
§§ 1215-1222
Article 2 - Exclusive Method of Appropriation
§§ 1225
Article 2.5 - Stockponds
§§ 1226-1226.4
Article 2.6 - Nonreserved Water Rights for Federal Uses
§§ 1227-1227.4
Article 2.7 - Registration of Appropriations for Small Domestic, Small Irrigation, and Livestock Stockpond Uses
§§ 1228-1229.1
Article 3 - Appropriation from Interstate Streams
§§ 1230-1231
Article 4 - Beneficial Use
§§ 1240-1244
Article 5 - Liability Within a Watershed
§§ 1245-1248
Chapter 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water
§§ 1250-1276
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 1250-1259.6
Article 2 - Contents of Applications
§§ 1260-1266
Article 3 - Defective Applications
§§ 1270-1271
Article 4 - Supplemental Information
§§ 1275-1276
Chapter 3 - Notice of Application
§§ 1300-1324
Article 1 - Contents of Notice
§§ 1300-1304
Article 2 - Publication of Notice
§§ 1310-1317
Article 3 - Posting and Mailing Notice
§§ 1320-1324
Chapter 4 - Protest of Application
§§ 1330-1335
Chapter 5 - Proceedings on Application
§§ 1340-1353
Article 1 - Notice of Hearing
§§ 1340-1342
Article 1.5 - Minor Protested Applications Procedure
§§ 1345-1348
Article 2 - Action on Application
§§ 1350-1353
Chapter 6 - Permits
§§ 1375-1410.2
Article 1 - Prerequisites to Issuance of Permit
§§ 1375
Article 2 - Issuance of Permit
§§ 1380-1382
Article 3 - Permit Terms and Conditions
§§ 1390-1394
Article 4 - Application to Beneficial Use and Construction of Works
§§ 1395-1398
Article 5 - Revocation of Permit
§§ 1410-1410.2
Chapter 6.5 - Temporary Permits
§§ 1425-1433.6
Article 1 - Temporary Urgency Permits
§§ 1425-1431
Article 2 - Temporary Permits for Diversion to Underground Storage
§§ 1433-1433.6
Chapter 6.6 - Temporary Changes
§§ 1435-1443.7
Article 1 - Temporary Urgency Changes
§§ 1435-1442
Article 2 - Temporary Changes for Diversion to Underground Storage
§§ 1443-1443.7
Chapter 7 - Priorities
§§ 1450-1491
Article 1 - Priority of Application
§§ 1450
Article 2 - Effect of Issuance of Permit
§§ 1455
Article 3 - Preferred Priorities of Municipalities
§§ 1460-1464
Article 4 - Priority of Reservoir Systems Constituting Single Unit
§§ 1475
Article 5 - Applications in Aid of State Water Plan
§§ 1480
Article 6 - Applications by Governmental Agencies Discharging Disposal Water
§§ 1485-1486
Article 7 - Priority of Applications for Hydroelectric Power
§§ 1490-1491
Chapter 8 - Water Right Fees
§§ 1525-1560
Article 1 - Fee Schedules
§§ 1525-1530
Article 2 - Collection and Enforcement
§§ 1535-1541
Article 3 - Water Rights Fund
§§ 1550-1552
Article 4 - Sovereign Immunity
§§ 1560
Chapter 9 - Licenses
§§ 1600-1675.2
Article 1 - Report of Completion
§§ 1600
Article 2 - Examination and Inspection
§§ 1605
Article 3 - Issuance or Refusal of License
§§ 1610-1611
Article 5 - Contents and Conditions of License
§§ 1625-1631
Article 6 - Filing of Licenses and Orders with County Recorder
§§ 1650-1651
Article 7 - Revocation of Licenses
§§ 1675-1675.2
Chapter 10 - Change to an Application, Permit, or License
§§ 1700-1707
Chapter 10.5 - Change of Point of Diversion, Place of Use, or Purpose of Use, Involving the Transfer of Water
§§ 1725-1745.11
Article 1 - Temporary Changes
§§ 1725-1732
Article 2 - Long-Term Transfers
§§ 1735-1737
Article 3 - Transfer of Decreed Rights
§§ 1740
Article 4 - Water Supplier Contracts
§§ 1745-1745.11
Chapter 11 - Joint Use and Development
§§ 1750-1815
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 1750-1752
Article 2 - Joint Occupancy and Use
§§ 1775-1782
Article 3 - Enlargement of Existing Works of Another
§§ 1800-1801
Article 4 - Joint Use of Capacity in Water Conveyance Facilities
§§ 1810-1815
Chapter 12 - Enforcement of Water Rights
§§ 1825-1851
Article 1 - Policy
§§ 1825
Article 2 - Cease and Desist Orders
§§ 1831-1836
Article 3 - Monitoring and Reporting
§§ 1840-1841.5
Article 4 - Enforcement
§§ 1845-1848
Article 5 - Private Litigation
§§ 1850-1851
Part 3 - DETERMINATION OF WATER RIGHTS
§§ 2000-2900
Chapter 1 - Reference by Courts of This State
§§ 2000-2048
Article 1 - Subjects of Reference
§§ 2000-2001
Article 2 - Report of Referee
§§ 2010-2021
Article 3 - Expenses of Reference
§§ 2040-2048
Chapter 2 - References in Federal Courts
§§ 2075-2076
Chapter 2.5 - Adjudications to Protect the Quality of Ground Water
§§ 2100-2102
Chapter 3 - Statutory Adjudications
§§ 2500-2868
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 2500-2503
Article 2 - Petition and Preliminary Proceedings
§§ 2525-2529
Article 3 - Investigation of Stream System
§§ 2550-2556
Article 4 - Proof of Claim
§§ 2575-2577
Article 5 - Report and Preliminary Order of Determination
§§ 2600-2604
Article 6 - Objections to the Report
§§ 2625-2628
Article 7 - Hearing of Objections
§§ 2650-2653
Article 8 - Order of Determination
§§ 2700-2702
Article 9 - Hearing and Decree of Court
§§ 2750-2774
Article 10 - Intervention
§§ 2780-2783
Article 11 - Proceedings when Appropriation Incomplete at Time of Determination
§§ 2801-2820
Article 12 - Service of Copy of Decree
§§ 2825-2826
Article 13 - Expenses of Determination
§§ 2850-2868
Chapter 4 - Modification of Decrees
§§ 2900
Part 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS
§§ 4000-4407
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 4000-4003
Chapter 2 - Creation of Watermaster Service Areas
§§ 4025-4032
Chapter 3 - Watermasters
§§ 4050-4053
Chapter 4 - Construction and Maintenance of Works and Measuring Devices
§§ 4100-4126
Article 1 - By Owners of Conduits
§§ 4100-4104
Article 2 - By Owners of Reservoirs
§§ 4125-4126
Chapter 5 - Distribution of Water in Service Areas
§§ 4150-4161
Article 1 - Procedure of Distribution
§§ 4150-4153
Article 2 - Remedies for Improper Distribution
§§ 4160-4161
Chapter 6 - Offenses
§§ 4175-4178
Chapter 7 - Expenses of Distribution
§§ 4200-4335
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 4200-4201
Article 2 - Statement and Budget
§§ 4225-4228
Article 3 - Apportionment of Expense
§§ 4251-4254
Article 4 - Payment and Collection
§§ 4275-4279
Article 5 - Payment by and Collection From State Agencies and Public Entities
§§ 4300-4305
Article 6 - Alternative Method of Payment by Owners
§§ 4325-4335
Chapter 8 - The Water Resources Revolving Fund
§§ 4351-4358
Chapter 9 - Alternative Distribution Procedure
§§ 4400-4407
Part 5 - RECORDATION OF WATER EXTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS
§§ 4999-5009
Part 5.1 - STATEMENTS OF WATER DIVERSIONS AND USE
§§ 5100-5107
Part 5.2 - Groundwater Extraction Reporting for Probationary Basins and Basins Without a Groundwater Sustainability Agency
§§ 5200-5209
Part 6 - KLAMATH RIVER BASIN COMPACT
§§ 5900-5901
Part 7 - OREGON–CALIFORNIA GOOSE LAKE INTERSTATE COMPACT
§§ 5950-5951