SECTIONS 4251-4254 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 4251-4254

4251. One-tenth of the budget for the service area shall be
apportioned equally among the respective ownerships of all water
rights involved, and except as otherwise provided in this article the
remaining nine-tenths shall be apportioned among the ownerships of
the respective water rights in accordance with the quantities of
water that the owners of the respective water rights are entitled to
store or divert within the service area.

4252. In all cases of rights to divert the direct flow of a stream,
without storage, for power development or other nonconsumptive use,
where the entire flow so diverted, with the exception of reasonable
transportation losses, is returned to the same stream system above
the next lower diversion, the owners of these rights shall share on
account of these rights only in the equal apportionment of one-tenth
of the budget for the service area, and shall not share in so far as
these rights are concerned in the apportionment of the remaining
nine-tenths.

4253. In all cases where rights exist to store or divert water for
use for more than one purpose, the amount to be paid by the owner of
such rights shall be based upon the total amount of water he is
entitled to store or divert, and he shall not be required to pay more
than one amount on the same water so stored or diverted
notwithstanding use for more than one purpose.

4254. In making an apportionment to any owner of the right to store
water, 350 acre-feet of storage capacity which the owner is entitled
to use shall be considered the equivalent of the right to divert one
cubic foot per second of the direct flow of a stream.