No priority under this part shall be released nor assignment made of any application that will, in the judgment of the board, deprive the county in which the water covered by the application originates of any such water necessary for the development of the county.
Cal. Water Code § 10505
APPROPRIATION OF WATER BY DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case County of Trinity v. Andrus (1977)
Most recently applied in United States of America, and v. State of California, State Water Resources Control Board, And (December 1982)
Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 989.
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