Blog: Frost Protection Diversions and Stranded Salmon — California Court of Appeal Affirms State Water Board Reliance on Reasonable Use Law to Maintain Instream Flow
From the California Water Law Journal, in a post by Paul Stanton Kibel:
In California water law these days, there is increasing talk about the reasonable use provisions of the California Constitution and the California Water Code. These provisions provide that all water uses and methods of water diversion in California must be reasonable and cannot be wasteful.