§ 7043

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

No act authorized in this chapter shall prevent the use or enlargement of any natural channel for municipal purposes or for use in connection with any artificial system of drainage, irrigation, or flood control which does not cause the flow of water in the channel at the intake of the canal to be less than the quantity of water the owners and appropriators have the right to divert into the intake.

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

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