California § 1242. 1242. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

California Statutes

§ 1242. — 1242. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

California § 1242.

JurisdictionCalifornia

Code WATWater Code - WAT

Div. 2.DIVISION 2. WATER

Part 2.PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER

Ch. 1.CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Art. 4.ARTICLE 4. Beneficial Use

This text of California § 1242. (1242. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering California primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Cal. Water Code - WAT Code § 1242. (2026).

Text

The storing of water underground, including the diversion of streams and the flowing of water on lands necessary to the accomplishment of such storage, constitutes a beneficial use of water if the water so stored is thereafter applied to the beneficial purposes for which the appropriation for storage was made.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI