DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER 100-550›CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department 205-347›ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells 300-311

§ 307

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

Any person owning, possessing, or occupying any land upon which is situated an artesian well, who causes, suffers, or permits water unnecessarily to flow from the well or to go to waste is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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

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