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DIVISION 2. WATER 1000-5951›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1000-1126›CHAPTER 1. Definitions and Interpretation of Division 1000-1018

§ 1006

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

Nothing in this division affects or limits in any manner whatsoever the right or power of any municipality which, prior to December 19, 1914, had appropriated or acquired water for municipal purposes, to use, sell, or otherwise dispose of such water either within or without its limits for domestic, irrigation, or other purposes in accordance with laws in effect on that date.

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

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