Water which has been appropriated may be turned into the channel of another stream, mingled with its water, and then reclaimed; but in reclaiming it the water already appropriated by another shall not be diminished.
Cal. Water Code § 7075
Use of Streams as Conduits
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 14 Cal. 3d 199 - City of Los Angeles v. City of San Fernando (1975)
Most recently applied in Orange Cnty. Water Dist. v. Sabic Innovative Plastics United States, LLC (August 2017)
Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.
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