§ 22262 Water Rights Protection

• •You can't get ownership of water just by using it, even if you've been using it for a long time.
• •The district keeps control of its water, no matter how much you use it.
• •Using water doesn't mean you own it.

A farmer uses water from a river for many years to water crops.

Even if the farmer uses the water for a long time, they don't own the water. The district still controls it.