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DIVISION 6. CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES 10000-12999›PART 6. WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 12570-12949.6›CHAPTER 1. Investigation of Projects 12570-12634.3›ARTICLE 3. Declarations of Policy 12578-12586

§ 12578

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

It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a primary interest in the control and conservation of flood waters, prevention of damage by flood waters, the washing away of river and stream banks by floods, and in the determination of the manner in which flood waters shall be controlled for the protection of life and property and the control, storage, and use of the State’s water resources in the general public interest.

(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 196.)

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