Water Code section 104

It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a paramount interest in the use of all the water of the State and that the State shall determine what water of the State, surface and underground, can be converted to public use or controlled for public protection.

Source: Section 104, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=104. (updated Jan. 1, 1943; accessed Aug. 3, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_104

Original Source: Section 104, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=104. (last accessed May 12, 2025).