{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-1240","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 1240","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 2. WATER [1000. - 5951.]","PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER [1200. - 1851.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [1200. - 1248.]","ARTICLE 4. Beneficial Use [1240. - 1244.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"adae4ba0a90851a495056c25300d8a8c972984d88f6b0b82d32cd07e203b9f6d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-1231","next":"us-ca/wat-1241"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}