SECTIONS 4100-4104 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 4100-4104

4100. The owner of every conduit subject to regulation by a
watermaster shall construct and maintain to the satisfaction of the
department a substantial and serviceable diversion dam or works in
the channel of the stream from which the water is diverted.

4101. The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain to the
satisfaction of the department a substantial and serviceable headgate
in the conduit through which the water is diverted at or near the
diversion dam or works.

4102. The headgate shall be of such construction that it can be
locked and kept closed by the watermaster.

4103. The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain such
water flow measuring devices at such points along the conduit as may
be required and approved by the department for the purpose of
assisting the watermaster in determining the amounts of water which
are being diverted and applied to beneficial use.

4104. If the owner of any conduit refuses or neglects to construct
and maintain the diversion dam or works, the headgate, or the
measuring devices provided for in this article after 30 days' notice
by the department so to do, the watermaster may close the conduit,
and it shall not be opened or any water diverted from the source of
supply until the requirements of the department as to the diversion
dam or works, the headgate, or the measuring devices have been
complied with.