Cal. WAT § 8753
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 8753, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
Each separate and particular project or unit shall include all by-passes, cuts, canals, sumps, levees, pumping plants and other works of flood control and drainage necessary to properly conduct the water of any stream, natural or otherwise, the outlet of which has been intercepted by the construction of any levee or embankment included in the project or unit into a by-pass.
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