{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-302","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 302","heading":"","body":"The use of any water flowing from an artesian well for the irrigation of land, whenever over 5 per cent of the water received on the land for irrigation purposes is permitted to escape from the land, is waste within the meaning of this article.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100. - 550.]","CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205. - 347.]","ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300. - 311.]"],"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":"44a6cc699b5a24933d50ccbe69b944a2bf3726388a3582ec5cc00ace005ac90d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-301","next":"us-ca/wat-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}