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Cal. WAT § 8102

This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 8102, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.

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Official statutory text

Work under this article may be done upon channels, streams or rivers which flow through or lie in more than one county, or where the work is reasonably necessary for the control of flood waters in the county upon a channel, river or stream which does not lie or flow in or through two or more counties.

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