DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER 100-550›CHAPTER 1. General State Policy 100-113

§ 100.5

California Water Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

It is hereby declared to be the established policy of this state that conformity of a use, method of use, or method of diversion of water with local custom shall not be solely determinative of its reasonableness, but shall be considered as one factor to be weighed in the determination of the reasonableness of the use, method of use, or method of diversion of water, within the meaning of Section 2 of Article X of the California Constitution.

(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 933, Sec. 1.)

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