Cal. WAT § 1706
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 1706, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
The person entitled to the use of water by virtue of an appropriation other than under the Water Commission Act or this code may change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use if others are not injured by such change, and may extend the ditch, flume, pipe, or aqueduct by which the diversion is made to places beyond that where the first use was made.
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