California Legal Codes and Statutes

Part 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER

California Water Code — §§ 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