{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-1254","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 1254","heading":"","body":"In acting upon applications to appropriate water the board shall be guided by the policy that domestic use is the highest use and irrigation is the next highest use of water.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 2. WATER [1000. - 5951.]","PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER [1200. - 1851.]","CHAPTER 2. Applications to Appropriate Water [1250. - 1276.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [1250. - 1259.6.]"],"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":"1cfcb303984a62afa2f4478524dacb8d7b33305975638fa7b66284ad2ccb5d94","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-1253","next":"us-ca/wat-1255"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}