DIVISION 20. MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS 71000-73001›PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES 71590-71760›CHAPTER 2. Water 71610-71644›ARTICLE 3. Water Shortages 71640-71644

§ 71640

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

A district may restrict the use of district water during any emergency caused by drought, or other threatened or existing water shortage, and may prohibit the wastage of district water or the use of district water during such periods for any purpose other than household uses or such other restricted uses as the district determines to be necessary. A district may also prohibit use of district water during such periods for specific uses which it finds to be nonessential.

(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

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