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DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER 100-540›CHAPTER 1. General State Policy 100-113

§ 105

California Water Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

It is hereby declared that the protection of the public interest in the development of the water resources of the State is of vital concern to the people of the State and that the State shall determine in what way the water of the State, both surface and underground, should be developed for the greatest public benefit.

(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

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