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

§ 104

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

It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a paramount interest in the use of all the water of the State and that the State shall determine what water of the State, surface and underground, can be converted to public use or controlled for public protection.

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

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