Water Code section 12203

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no person, corporation or public or private agency or the State or the United States should divert water from the channels of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to which the users within said Delta are entitled.

Source: Section 12203, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=12203. (updated Jan. 1, 1959; accessed Sep. 22, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_12203

Original Source: Section 12203, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=12203. (last accessed May 12, 2025).