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DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER
CHAPTER 3 - Water Shortage Emergencies
Section 353.
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CA Water Code § 353 (2025)
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353. When the governing body has so determined and declared the existence of an emergency condition of water shortage within its service area, it shall thereupon adopt such regulations and restrictions on the delivery of water and the consumption within said area of water supplied for public use as will in the sound discretion of such governing body conserve the water supply for the greatest public benefit with particular regard to domestic use, sanitation, and fire protection.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 140.)
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