Section 10601 Of Part 2.5. South Fork American River From California Water Code >> Division 6. >> Part 2.5.
10601
. Where a potentially economically viable water supply
development on the South Fork of the American River between Chili Bar
Reservoir and the Salmon Falls Bridge which will meet local water
needs would eliminate or substantially impair significant instream
beneficial uses of water, the department may undertake cooperative
studies with equal state-local cost sharing to determine whether
there is an alternative solution which will meet the local water
needs from a different source or location and which will preserve
most or all of the instream beneficial uses on that part of the south
fork.