Water Code - WAT
DIVISION 2. WATER [1000 - 5976]
( Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER [1200 - 1851]
( Part 2 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [1200 - 1248]
( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ARTICLE 4. Beneficial Use [1240 - 1244]
( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) 1240.
The appropriation must be for some useful or beneficial purpose, and when the appropriator or his successor in interest ceases to use it for such a purpose the right ceases.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)