...passed. It contains a general declaration that the "general welfare and public interest requires that the water resources of the State be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent" and "subject to reasonable regulation" in order to conserve these resources and to maintain conditions...

...Section 2 of the California Constitution states, in part, that: "The general welfare requires that the water resources of the State be put to beneficial...unreasonable method of use of water be prevented." To date, there have been no generally accepted definitions of reasonable and unreasonable use of water...

...expression of fundamental policy by the people of California that the general welfare requires that all of the water resources of the state be put to beneficial...to the fullest extent of which they are capable." As to whether or not it is unreasonable for the users of water not to have adopted recycling and reuse...

...Statutes (GS 143-214.1 and GS 143-215.1). Water Supplies and Waste Disposal It is State policy: (1) That the water resources of the State be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent to which they are capable, subject to reasonable regulation for conservation and maintenance of conditions...

...Basis for Water Conservation It is the policy of the State of California to put its water resources to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable. It is also the policy of the State of California to prevent waste or unreasonable use, method of use...

...that is feasible in light of California's constitutional mandate to put California's water resources to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable. Metropolitan is concerned that HR 392 and HR 1341 will intrude on that balancing process by imposing...

...'declared that because of the conditions prevailing in this State the general welfare requires that the water resources of the State be put to beneficial...water be prevented, and that the conservation of such waters is to be exercised with a view to the reasonable and beneficial use thereof in the interest...

...requires that the City maximize the beneficial use of its available water resources to the extent to which they are capable, and that the waste or unreasonable...unreasonable method of use of water be prevented and the conservation of such water is to be extended with a view to the reasonable and beneficial use thereof...

...found that the IID's water use violated Article X, §2 of the California Constitution, which requires "the water resources of the State be put to beneficial...unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use of water be prevented."35 D. Court of Appeals Rules Water Board Has Broad Authority To no avail, the IID attempted...

...protective ordinance may violate Article X, Section 2 of the California Constitution, which requires that "the water resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable."11 Many counties are in the process of incorporating the ordinances into their General Plans...