The board shall allow the appropriation for beneficial purposes of unappropriated water under such terms and conditions as in its judgment will best develop, conserve, and utilize in the public interest the water sought to be appropriated.
Cal. Water Code § 1253
General Provisions
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 44 Cal. 2d 90 - Temescal Water Co. v. Department of Public Works (1955)
Most recently applied in 102 Fed. Cl. 443 - Casitas Municipal Water District v. United States (December 2011)
Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.