Water Code section 2818

This article shall not be construed to confer any rights of appropriation upon parties who shall have abandoned their appropriations or failed to use due diligence in the application of the water to a beneficial use and in the completion of their appropriations.

Source: Section 2818, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=2818. (updated Jan. 1, 1943; accessed Sep. 1, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_2818

Original Source: Section 2818, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=2818. (last accessed May 12, 2025).