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Water Code - WAT
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER
CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department
ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells
Section 301.
Universal Citation: CA Water Code § 301 (2019)
301.
For the purposes of this article, waste is the causing, suffering, or permitting any water flowing from an artesian well, to run either:
(a) Into any natural watercourse or channel, or into any bay or pond, unless the water is used thereafter for irrigation or domestic use.
(b) Into any street, road, or highway.
(c) Upon the land of any person or upon the public land of the United States or of the State, unless it is used thereon for irrigation, domestic use, or the propagation of fish.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
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