California

Water Code

10,139 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 20594 — No public land which was unentered at the time any assessment was levied against it by any district shall be sold for the delinquency of the assessment, but the assessment shall be and continue a lien
• § 20625 — The department shall give information so far as it may be practicable to persons contemplating the formation of districts.
• § 20626 — Whenever the department deems it in the public interest that preliminary surveys and field investigations of a proposed district project should be made at the expense of the State, the department shal
• § 20627 — Pending the completion of the preliminary surveys and field investigations, the State Water Resources Control Board may withhold from appropriation any unappropriated water likely to be needed by the
• § 20700 — A majority in number of the holders of title to land susceptible of irrigation from a common source and by the same system of works, including pumping from subsurface or other water, who are also the
• § 20701 — The land proposed to be formed into a district need not consist of contiguous parcels.
• § 20702 — “Land susceptible of irrigation” as used in section 20700 of this code includes land used for residential or business purposes susceptible of receiving water for domestic or agriculture purposes and i
• § 20720 — A petition for the formation of a district shall contain: (a) Generally, a description of the land.
• § 20721 — A petition for the formation of a district may request any of the following: (a) Three divisions in the proposed district.
• § 20722 — The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.
• § 20723 — The petition shall be accompanied by a sufficient undertaking, to be approved by the board of supervisors, in double the amount of the probable cost of forming the district, conditioned that the suret
• § 20724 — Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before its publication is commenced, by filing a declaration, signed and acknowledged by the petitioner, with the board of supervisors of the pr
• § 20740 — The petition and a notice of the time of the meeting at which it will be presented shall be published for at least two weeks before the time at which it is to be presented.
• § 20741 — When the petition consists of a number of separate instruments, only one need be published, but the names attached to all of the instruments shall appear in the publication.
• § 20742 — No defect in the form or contents of the published notice, title to it, or petition, nor failure to publish or error in publishing any signature to the petition shall vitiate the proceedings.
• § 2075 — In case suit is brought in a federal court for determination of rights to water within, or partially within, this State, the board may accept a reference of such suit as master or referee for the cour
• § 2076 — In acting under this chapter the board shall proceed according to the rules of practice and procedure of the court or as otherwise directed by the court.
• § 20800 — The formation petition shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the principal county.
• § 20801 — The petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors.
• § 20802 — The board of supervisors shall hear all competent and relevant testimony offered in support of or in opposition to the sufficiency of the petition and the publication of the notice.
• § 20803 — The hearing may be adjourned from time to time, but not exceeding two weeks in all.
• § 20804 — At the hearing the board of supervisors shall determine by resolution whether or not the petition and notice comply with Chapter 1 of this part.
• § 20805 — (a) If the board of supervisors determines that any of the requirements for the formation petition or notice were not complied with, the petition shall be dismissed without prejudice to the right of t
• § 20806 — If the board of supervisors determines that the requirements for the formation petition and notice have been complied with, the resolution so determining shall be known as the preliminary formation re
• § 20820 — On or before the day on which the petition is presented to the board of supervisors, a copy of the petition shall be filed in the office of the department.
• § 20821 — Upon the adoption of the preliminary formation resolution the board of supervisors shall send a copy of the resolution to the department.
• § 20822 — Upon receiving a copy of the resolution, the department shall make such preliminary investigation as may be practicable to determine the feasibility of the proposed project.
• § 20823 — The department shall report in writing to the board of supervisors as soon as practicable, but at all events within 90 days from the date of the adoption of the preliminary formation resolution, excep
• § 20824 — If the department reports within the specified time that the supply of water available for the use of the proposed district or that may be acquired by any practicable means, including the condemnation
• § 20840 — The board of supervisors not later than its first regular meeting after the occurrence of any one of the following shall set a time for the final hearing of the formation petition: (a) Receipt of a fa
• § 20841 — The time set for the final hearing shall not be less than one week from the meeting at which the time is set.
• § 20842 — Notice of the time of the final hearing shall be given either by: (a) Registered mail to the person designated for that purpose in the petition.
• § 20843 — Failure to give notice of the final hearing shall not affect the validity of subsequent proceedings.
• § 20844 — On a final hearing the board of supervisors may adjourn from time to time, but at no time for a longer period than three days, until a determination of the matter is reached.
• § 20845 — At the final hearing the board of supervisors shall determine the land to be formed into the proposed district: (a) Land shall be excluded which will not in the judgment of the board of supervisors be
• § 20846 — At the final hearing no evidence shall be heard against the genuineness or sufficiency of the petition or notice unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the board of supervisors that new evidence wh
• § 20847 — At the conclusion of the final hearing on the petition the board of supervisors shall make an order containing all of the following: (a) Reaffirmance, when it is consistent with its conclusions, of th
• § 20848 — The order on final hearing shall also contain all of the following: (a) Division of the district into the following number of divisions, which shall be as nearly equal in size as may be practicable: (
• § 20849 — The order on final hearing shall be entered in full upon the minutes of the board of supervisors.
• § 20850 — A finding of the board of supervisors in favor of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and notice shall be conclusive against all persons except the State upon suit by the Attorney General
• § 20890 — Upon making the order on final hearing of the formation petition, the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of a formation election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of det
• § 20891 — The notice of the formation election shall contain: (a) Date and hours of election.
• § 20892 — Notice of the formation election shall be published once a week for three weeks previous to the election, in a newspaper published in each affected county.
• § 20893 — Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election ca
• § 20894 — The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposit
• § 20895 — If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select on
• § 20896 — (a) The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vot
• § 20910 — For the purposes of the formation election the board of supervisors shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in the proposed district and define their boundaries.
• § 20911 — The precinct board for the formation election shall be appointed, candidates for the offices of the proposed district shall be nominated, ballots and other supplies shall be provided and the election
• § 20912 — The board of supervisors shall act in place of the board, and the clerk of the board of supervisors shall act in place of the secretary.
• § 20913 — At the formation election the elective officers of the district shall be elected, but only one person shall be elected to fill the offices consolidated, if any.
• § 20914 — On the ballots provided for the formation election shall be printed a proposition substantially as follows: “Shall the proposed ____ Irrigation District be formed?” followed by the words “Yes” and “No
• § 20915 — The board of supervisors shall meet on the second Monday following the formation election to canvass the votes cast, and only if upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast at th
• § 20916 — No informalities in the conduct of the formation election or in any related matters shall invalidate the election or the result if notice was given substantially as provided and the election was fairl
• § 20930 — The formation election may be contested by any person owning property liable to assessment within the proposed district.
• § 20931 — No contest shall be brought more than 20 days after the canvass of the vote of the election by the board of supervisors.
• § 20932 — The directors elected at the formation election shall be parties defendant in an election contest.
• § 20933 — The election contest shall be brought in the superior court of the county where the formation proceedings were had.
• § 20934 — If more than one contest is pending, they shall be consolidated and tried together.
• § 20935 — The court shall speedily try the election contest.
• § 20936 — The determination of the election contest shall be based on whether or not the election was conducted fairly and in substantial compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
• § 20937 — An appeal may be taken by any party to an election contest within 30 days from entry of judgment.
• § 20938 — The appeal shall be heard and determined within 60 days from the time of filing the notice of appeal.
• § 20960 — If upon the canvass of the formation election it appears that a majority of all the votes cast are “Irrigation District—Yes,” the board of supervisors shall by an order entered on its minutes declare
• § 20961 — The board of supervisors shall immediately file for record in the office of the county recorder of each affected county a certified copy of the order declaring the district formed and shall also immed
• § 20962 — From the filing for record of the order declaring the district formed the formation of the district is complete.
• § 20962.5 — The county clerk of the principal county shall immediately file with the Secretary of State a certificate listing: (a) The name of the district.
• § 20963 — The board of supervisors of any county in which any land embraced in a district is situated shall not after its formation allow another district to be formed including any portion of the same land wit
• § 20980 — Whenever the board so determines it may, or in the event any district has been formed under the same name as that of another district, the board of the last formed district shall, by a resolution spre
• § 20980.5 — The Palmdale Irrigation District may change its name pursuant to this chapter to the Palmdale Water District.
• § 20980.6 — The Helix Irrigation District may change its name pursuant to this chapter to the Helix Water District.
• § 20981 — Certified copies of the resolution changing the name of the district shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in each affected county and sent to the department.
• § 20982 — The change of name shall become effective for all purposes upon the recordation of the resolution after which the district shall perform all functions, exercise all powers, be responsible for its obli
• § 21 — If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstan
• § 2100 — After the department has submitted to the board recommendations for the protection of the quality of ground water pursuant to Section 12617.
• § 2101 — (a) Before filing or intervening in any such action the board shall hold a public hearing on the necessity for restricting ground water pumping or for a physical solution in order to protect the quali
• § 2102 — As used in this article, “minor quantities of water” refers to the extraction by any person of not to exceed 10 acre-feet of ground water annually.
• § 21100 — (a) Each director, except as otherwise provided in this division, shall be a voter and a landowner in the district and a resident of the division that he or she represents at the time of his or her no
• § 21100.2 — (a) This section applies to the Pixley Irrigation District.
• § 21100.3 — (a) This section only applies to the Tulelake Irrigation District.
• § 21100.4 — (a) This section applies to the Hills Valley Irrigation District.
• § 21100.5 — (a) This section applies to the Stratford Irrigation District.
• § 21100.6 — (a) This section applies to the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District.
• § 21100.7 — The landownership requirements set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 21100 do not apply to the South Bay Irrigation District.
• § 21100.8 — (a) This section only applies to the South Fork Irrigation District.
• § 21101 — Notwithstanding Sections 10505 and 10554 of the Elections Code, elective officers, irrespective of the method of their selection, take office as soon as they qualify, except that officers elected at a
• § 21102 — Prior to the first Friday in December next following the general district election each elective officer shall take and subscribe the official oath and file it in the office of the district and execut
• § 21104 — The term of office of each elective officer subsequent to the officers elected at the formation election is four years or until his successor qualifies and takes office.
• § 21120 — A board may consolidate any two or more of the offices of assessor, collector, and treasurer.
• § 21121 — The order of consolidation shall be made at least 120 days prior to a general election and shall take effect at said election.
• § 21122 — A board may at least 120 days before a general district election segregate consolidated offices, and each office so segregated shall be filled at said election.
• § 21123 — A board may, at least 90 days before a general district election, determine that the offices of assessor, collector, or treasurer or any of them shall be filled by appointment by the board to serve at
• § 21124 — A board may, at least 90 days before a general district election, determine that the offices of assessor, collector, or treasurer or any of them that are currently appointive shall be filled by electi
• § 21141 — When not otherwise provided by the board the bonds to be given by the following officers shall be in the following sums: (a) Assessor: Five thousand dollars ($5,000).
• § 21142 — The board may fix the bonds to be given by the following officers and persons to suit the conditions of the district within the following sums: (a) Treasurer: Five thousand dollars ($5,000) to one hun
• § 21142.5 — If the offices of assessor, collector, and treasurer in any district are held by one person, the board may fix one bond to cover all three offices within the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to o
• § 21143 — All bonds shall be in the form prescribed for the official bonds of county officers, and the premiums may be paid by the district.
• § 21145 — All bonds shall be approved by the board.
• § 21146 — Each officer herein named shall be liable upon his bond for his wilful violation of any express duty.
• § 21147 — If any district is appointed fiscal agent of or by the United States in connection with any Federal reclamation project, each officer shall execute an additional bond, in the sum required by the Secre
• § 21165 — The board shall fix the compensation to be paid to all officers.
• § 21166 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a director, for sitting on the board or acting under its orders, shall receive both of the following: (a) (1) Except as specified in paragraphs (2) and (3),
• § 21166.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21166, a director may participate in any plan for group insurance, group annuities, social security, medical and hospital service or any other authorized prog
• § 21185 — The board shall: (a) Employ agents, officers, and employees as required.
• § 21186 — The board shall: (a) Approve and reject as to number deputies of elective and appointive officers.
• § 21187 — The treasurer and collector may appoint as many deputies within the number allowed by the board as may be necessary for the discharge of the duties of their offices, the deputies to hold office at the
• § 21188 — The board shall allow the assessor as many deputies, to be appointed by him, as will in the judgment of the board enable him to complete the assessment between the first Monday in March and the first
• § 21189 — The board may adopt and carry into effect a contract or contracts of group insurance, a system of group annuities, a system of medical and hospital service, or any two or more of these, for the benefi
• § 21190 — Employees of districts are permanent employees if employed to fill positions which, in the judgment of the board, normally require more than six months employment in each year.
• § 21196 — For any wilful violation of any express duty herein provided for by any officer herein named he shall be subject to removal from office by proceedings brought in the superior court of the office count
• § 21265 — The board of supervisors of the office county shall fill by appointment vacancies in the offices of directors, provided that any such appointed directors shall be required to run for election in the n
• § 21265.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all vacancies on the board of directors elected pursuant to Section 21551 shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
• § 21266 — A board shall fill by appointment vacancies in the offices of assessor, collector, and treasurer.
• § 21285 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any district where there are not more than 15 voters at such time as the publication of notice of a general district election, no such general district e
• § 21375 — On the first Tuesday after the original directors qualify, and on the day on which the board holds its first regular monthly meeting after the first Friday in December of the year in which a general d
• § 21376 — At its organization meeting the board shall elect a president from its members and appoint a secretary, who shall each hold office during the pleasure of the board.
• § 21377 — The board shall hold a regular meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at the district office.
• § 21377.5 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 21377 of this code or Section 54954 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the Board of Directors of the Tri-Dam Project, which is composed of the direct
• § 21378 — The board, however, may by resolution entered upon its minutes fix any day of the month for its regular monthly meeting, or if more than one regular meeting is to be held each month it may fix the day
• § 21382 — All meetings of the board shall be public and shall be conducted in accordance with the Ralph M.
• § 21383 — The number of directors required to constitute a quorum of the board and to concur on all questions except a motion to adjourn or a motion to adjourn to a stated time is three except in districts wher
• § 21384 — A smaller number of directors than a quorum may adjourn from day to day.
• § 21385 — The board except as otherwise specifically provided has the power and it shall be its duty to manage and conduct the business and affairs of the district.
• § 21386 — At its organization meeting, the board may elect, in addition to a president, a vice president who shall have the power to perform all the duties of the president in the absence of the president, or i
• § 21387 — When the president of the board is absent or unable to act at any meeting of the board and no vice president has been elected, the majority of the board may elect a president pro tempore from its memb
• § 21400 — The office of each district shall be established and kept at a fixed place, determined by its board, which place need not be within the district.
• § 21401 — The board shall fix the time during which the office of the district shall be open to the public.
• § 21402 — All records of the district shall be open to public inspection during the hours when the office of the district is open to the public.
• § 21403 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 21404 — The board shall adopt a seal for the district.
• § 21405 — The board of a district in existence on the effective date of this section shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State on or before January 1, 1964, listing: (a) The name of the district.
• § 21550 — Each district shall contain five divisions unless otherwise provided by the more recent of: (a) The order on final hearing on the formation petition.
• § 21551 — Directors shall be elected by the division each represents unless otherwise provided by the more recent of: (a) The order on final hearing on the formation petition.
• § 21552 — As provided in this article the number of divisions may be changed to three or five or the method of electing directors may be changed to election by the district at large or by divisions, or both cha
• § 21552.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 21550, 21551 and 21552, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a singl
• § 21553 — The board shall order a change in the number of divisions or the method of electing directors, or both, or increase the number of directors from three to five in a district without divisions, if a pet
• § 21554 — The board shall submit at a general district election or at a special election a proposal for a change in the number of divisions or the method of electing directors or both when either: (a) At least
• § 21555 — With regard to submitting a proposal at the general district election, the notices required by Section 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of the change or changes proposed to appear
• § 21555.5 — (a) Notice of a special election called pursuant to Section 21554 shall specify the purpose of the election and the day, hours, and polling places in each precinct for holding the election, and shall
• § 21556 — Each proposal shall be stated on the ballot, and the method of voting on it shall be as nearly as practicable in conformity with the provisions relating to bond elections.
• § 21557 — If a proposal receives the approval of a majority of the voters voting on it in the district and also a majority of the voters voting on it in each of a majority of the divisions, the board shall orde
• § 21558 — If an order made pursuant to this article changes the method of electing directors, all directors thereafter elected in the district shall be elected as provided in the order.
• § 21559 — If an order made pursuant to this article changes the number of divisions, the board shall forthwith redivide the district into the number of divisions specified in the order.
• § 21560 — If an order made pursuant to this article changes the number of divisions, the terms of office of all directors shall expire at noon on the first Friday in December following the next general district
• § 21561 — Notwithstanding Sections 21550 and 21551, or any other provision of law to the contrary, directors of the Jackson Valley Irrigation District shall be nominated and elected at large.
• § 21562 — Notwithstanding Section 21550, if a district contains no divisions and the board consists of three members, without establishing divisions the district may increase the number of directors from three
• § 21562.5 — (a) This section applies to the Alta Irrigation District.
• § 21575 — Any district having less than 2,500 acres within its boundaries, having less than 100 electors residing within it, and having only three divisions may abolish the divisions in it pursuant to this arti
• § 21576 — The board of the district may petition the board of supervisors of the principal county for an order by the board of supervisors abolishing the divisions in the district.
• § 21577 — The board of supervisors shall thereupon find whether or not there are less than 2,500 acres in the district, less than 100 electors residing in it, and only three divisions in it.
• § 21578 — If the board of supervisors finds as to all of such matters in the affirmative, it may order that there shall be no divisions in the district.
• § 21579 — Upon the making of the order, there shall be no divisions in the district, the directors of the district need only be voters and freeholders in the district, and the directors of the district shall be
• § 21580 — From the adoption of the order the district shall have three directors, and the offices of the directors shall have the numbers formerly identifying the division represented by each director, or if no
• § 21581 — The making of the order does not change any term of office.
• § 21582 — At least 120 days before any general district election a majority of the electors in the district having no divisions may file in the district office a petition signed by them requesting the board to
• § 21583 — The petition shall contain a showing that it is expedient to divide the district into three divisions as nearly equal in area and population as may be practicable and to elect the directors of the dis
• § 21584 — The board may independently investigate whether or not the facts are consistent with the showing made in the petition and shall hear any evidence produced to sustain or disprove the showing.
• § 21585 — Within 30 days after the filing of the petition the board shall find whether or not it is expedient to divide the district into three divisions as nearly equal in area and population as may be practic
• § 21586 — If the board finds in the affirmative, it shall forthwith order the establishment of divisions in the district and divide the district into three divisions as nearly equal in area and population as ma
• § 21587 — At the general district election next following the making of the order directors shall be elected at large in the district, one director to represent each division.
• § 21605 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subdivision (b) applies to districts in which directors are elected by divisions.
• § 21606 — When land is excluded from a district after its formation, if the board deems it desirable, but not less than 120 days before any election in the district, it may reestablish the boundaries of the div
• § 21607 — When land is included within a district after its formation, its board shall, not less than 120 days before any election in the district, reestablish the boundaries of the divisions within the distric
• § 21608 — When land is included within a district after its formation and less than 120 days before an election, the voters in the area included shall not be entitled to vote at the election.
• § 21925 — After an order determining the amount of bonds which should be issued, the board shall call a bond election to submit to the voters a proposal of whether or not bonds in the amount determined in the o
• § 21926 — Notice of a bond election shall be given by publication of the notice, in some newspaper published in the office county, once a week for at least three successive weeks.
• § 21927 — Notice of a bond election shall specify: (a) The day, hours, and polling places in each precinct for holding the election.
• § 21928 — At a bond election several proposals as to the issuance of bonds may be submitted separately on the same ballot if: (a) Estimates of the cost of the respective projects have been made.
• § 21929 — The ballots shall contain a general statement of the proposals to be voted on, including the amount of bonds proposed to be issued for each purpose, but an informality in the statement shall not vitia
• § 21930 — Bond election ballots shall include instructions to voters that are consistent with the requirements of Section 13204 of the Elections Code.
• § 21931 — The voters shall vote for or against any proposal at a bond election by completely selecting the voting target next to either “Yes” or “No,” respectively.
• § 21932 — Bond elections shall be held and the result determined and declared as nearly as practicable in conformity with general district elections.
• § 21933 — The issuance of bonds is authorized when, at a bond election, any of the following occurs: (a) Two-thirds of the votes cast on the proposal are “yes.
• § 21934 — If the number of votes for any bond proposal is less than the number required to authorize the issuance of the bonds, the result of the vote shall be entered of record.
• § 21935 — No informalities in the conduct of the election shall invalidate the election if fairly conducted.
• § 22 — “Department,” unless otherwise specified, means the Department of Water Resources.
• § 22075 — A district may do any act necessary to furnish sufficient water in the district for any beneficial use.
• § 22076 — A district may do any act in order to put to any beneficial use any water under its control.
• § 22077 — A district may deliver water for fire protection purposes.
• § 22078 — A district may control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recapture and salvage any water including but not limited to sewage waters for the beneficial use or uses of the district or its
• § 22078.5 — A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.
• § 22079 — No district furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of water to or for the tenant’s residential use from any subsequent tenan
• § 22080 — As used in this article: (a) “Conduit” includes ditches, pipelines, and other means of diversion.
• § 22080.5 — Any duty or authority vested in a watermaster appointed by a district may be exercised by the watermaster directly or through the agency of a deputy watermaster if there is one.
• § 22081 — A district, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 22080, may appoint one or more watermasters to regulate the use of water within the district.
• § 22081.5 — The owner of every conduit subject to regulation by an irrigation district shall construct and maintain to the satisfaction of the district a substantial and serviceable diversion dam or works in the
• § 22082 — The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain to the satisfaction of the district a substantial and serviceable headgate in the conduit through which the water is diverted at or near the diversi
• § 22082.5 — The headgate shall be of such construction that it can be locked and kept closed by the watermaster.
• § 22083 — The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain such water flow measuring devices at such points along the conduit as may be required and approved by the district for the purpose of assisting the
• § 22083.5 — If the owner of any conduit refuses or neglects to construct and maintain the diversion dam or works, the headgate, or the measuring devices provided for in this article after 30 days’ notice by the d
• § 22084 — The owner of every reservoir which is subject to regulation by a watermaster and which is located across or upon the bed of a natural stream or requires the use of a natural stream channel shall const
• § 22084.5 — If the owner of any reservoir neglects or refuses to construct and maintain the measuring devices provided for in this article after 30 days’ notice by the district, the watermaster may open the outle
• § 22085 — The district may make such reasonable regulations to secure distribution of water in accordance with determined rights as may be needed.
• § 22085.5 — The watermaster shall divide the water of the streams or other sources of supply among the several conduits and reservoirs taking water therefrom and so adjust or close the headgates of conduits and r
• § 22086 — Whenever in pursuance of his duties the watermaster regulates a headgate to a conduit or the controlling works of a reservoir, he may attach to the headgate or controlling works a written notice prope
• § 22086.5 — The notice is legal notice to all persons interested in the diversion and distribution of the water of the conduit or reservoir.
• § 22087 — Any person who is injured by the action of any watermaster may apply to the superior court of the county in which the injury takes place for an injunction.
• § 22087.5 — Such injunction shall be issued only in case it is shown at the hearing that the watermaster has failed to distribute the water according to the rights as determined by decrees of court, agreements, p
• § 22088 — Every person who willfully and without authority closes, changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring device while it is under the control of the watermaster, or who willfully take
• § 22088.5 — The possession or use of water when it has been so denied by the watermaster is prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person using it.