Cal. WAT § 11910.5
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 11910.5, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
Such recreational purposes include, but are not limited to, those recreational pursuits generally associated with the out-of-doors, such as camping, picnicking, fishing, hunting, water contact sports, boating, and sightseeing, and the associated facilities of campgrounds, picnic areas, water and sanitary facilities, parking areas, view points, boat launching ramps, and any others necessary to make project land and water areas available for use by the public.
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