Water Code section 304

A beneficial use under the next preceding section shall not exceed one tenth of one miner’s inch of water per acre, perpetual flow, but the person using the water may cumulate that amount within any period of each year.

Source: Section 304, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=304. (updated Jan. 1, 1943; accessed Sep. 22, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_304

Original Source: Section 304, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=304. (last accessed May 12, 2025).