§ 7000 Conduit Definition And Scope

• •A 'conduit' is just a fancy word for things that carry water, like ditches, pipes, or flumes.
• •This law is about how water is moved around, not about who owns the water or the land.
• •It’s part of a bigger set of rules about water in California.

A farmer digs a ditch to bring water from a river to his crops.

The ditch is called a 'conduit' in this law. The law helps decide how the water moves through the ditch, but not who owns the water or the land.