{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-8-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-8-1","heading":"Ownership of running water; right to divert or adulterate water.","body":"Running water belongs to the owner of the land on which it runs; but the landowner has no right to divert the water from its usual channel nor may he so use or adulterate it as to interfere with the enjoyment of it by the next owner.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 8 Water Rights"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"a739b15043fef5436d4a1062e3c9b44184c9a3dac671322feabd229bd2eadb47","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-7-119","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-8-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}