California · Water Code

WAT §1242: 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 wat

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Storing water underground, including diverting streams and flowing water on land for storage purposes, is considered a beneficial use of water under law.

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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.

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