The department shall establish an ongoing program to facilitate the voluntary exchange or transfer of water and implement the various state laws that pertain to water transfers. The department shall seek to facilitate these transactions only if the water to be transferred is already developed and being diverted from a stream for beneficial use or has been conserved.
Cal. Water Code § 480
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Known as the Costa-Isenberg Water Transfer Act
The act spans §§ 470–484 (7 sections).
Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 970, Sec. 1.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.