The person entitled to the use of water by virtue of an appropriation other than under the Water Commission Act or this code may change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use if others are not injured by such change, and may extend the ditch, flume, pipe, or aqueduct by which the diversion is made to places beyond that where the first use was made.
Cal. Water Code § 1706
Change to an Application, Permit, or License
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 173 Cal. App. 2d 137 - Orange County Water District v. City of Riverside (1959)
Most recently applied in 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 283 - Orange Cove Irrigation Dist. v. L. Molinos Mut. Water Co. (December 2018)
Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.
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