As used in this chapter, “stream system” includes stream, lake, or other body of water, and tributaries and contributory sources, but does not include an underground water supply other than a subterranean stream flowing through known and definite channels.
Cal. Water Code § 2500
General Provisions
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 26 Cal. 3d 301 - People v. Shirokow (1980)
Most recently applied in 44 Cal. 3d 448 - State Water Resources Control Board v. United States (February 1988)
Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.
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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.
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