Wat. Code, § 1260 · Article 2. Contents of Applications
Wat. Code, § 1260
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
An application for a permit to appropriate water shall set forth all of the following:
(a) The name and post office address of the applicant.
(b) The source of water supply.
(c) The nature and amount of the proposed use.
(d) The location and description of the proposed headworks, ditch canal, and other works.
(e) The proposed place of diversion.
(f) The place where it is intended to use the water.
(g) The time within which it is proposed to begin construction.
(h) The time required for completion of the construction.
(i) The time for the complete application of the water to the proposed use.
(j) All data and information reasonably available to applicant or that can be obtained from the Department of Fish and Wildlife concerning the extent, if any, to which fish and wildlife would be affected by the appropriation, and a statement of any measures proposed to be taken for the protection of fish and wildlife in connection with the appropriation.
(k) Sufficient information to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that unappropriated water is available for the proposed appropriation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 683, Sec. 52. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2016.
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