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DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER 100-540›CHAPTER 8. Water Measurement 500-537.5›ARTICLE 3. Declaration of Policy 520-523

§ 522

California Water Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The Legislature further finds and declares that waste or unreasonable use of water imposes unnecessary and wasteful consumption of energy to deliver or furnish the water, and it is necessary, therefore, to determine the quantities of water in use throughout the state to the maximum extent that it is reasonable to do so in order to reduce that energy consumption.

(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 407, Sec. 2.)

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