Water Code section 10505

No priority under this part shall be released nor assignment made of any application that will, in the judgment of the board, deprive the county in which the water covered by the application originates of any such water necessary for the development of the county.

Source: Section 10505, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=10505. (updated Jan. 1, 1965; accessed Nov. 3, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_10505

Original Source: Section 10505, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=10505. (last accessed May 12, 2025).