§ 1706

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

The person entitled to the use of water by virtue of an appropriation other than under the Water Commission Act or this code may change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use if others are not injured by such change, and may extend the ditch, flume, pipe, or aqueduct by which the diversion is made to places beyond that where the first use was made.

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

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