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Information Pertaining to Water Rights in California

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | January 1st, 2000


A handbook on water rights produced by the State Water Resources Control Board, dated January 2000.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • General Information Pertaining to Water Rights
  • Appropriative Rights Initiated Prior to December 19, 1914
  • Appropriative Rights Initiated Subsequent to December 19, 1914
  • Loss of Appropriative Rights
  • Riparian Rights
  • Prescription
  • Vested Appropriative and Riparian Rights Not Affected by Filing an Application
  • Disputes Over the Use of Water
  • Public Trust
  • Determination of Existing Rights
  • Appropriation of Underground Water
  • Spring Water
  • No Assistance Rendered in Securing Right of Access to Point of Diversion or Right-of-Way
  • Patents and Homesteads
  • Supervision Over Dams
  • Provision of Fish and Game Code
  • Statements of Water Diversions and Use
  • Stockpond Rights
  • General Information Pertaining To Applications For Permits To Appropriate Unappropriated Water
  • Who Should File An Application
  • Who Should Not File An Application
  • Purpose of Filing
  • When to File
  • Unappropriated Water and Responsibilities of Permittees
  • Outline of Essential Steps
  • Preparation of Applications
  • Changes In Ownership
  • Appendix – Table of Equivalents

Keywords

basic information, water rights