Garcia Ditch Calls

Division of Water Resources (DWR) Call History. The Call is a term used by the state engineer to effectively communicate the administrative status of the natural stream. The Call communicates the priority required during a specified period of time for a water right located within a specific stream or stream segment to divert under the Prior Appropriation Doctrine. The basic purpose of the Call is to “call out” water rights that are not in priority in order to make water available to the senior water right that is diverting less than its decreed amount of water that it could beneficially use.

水资源分部（DWR）通话历史。通话一词系由州工程师用以有效传达自然溪流的行政状态。通话旨在传达在指定时段内，位于特定溪流或溪流段内的水权根据先占用水原则需要优先考虑的级别。通话的基本目的是为了‘呼唤’那些优先级较低的水权，以便为占用量低于其规定的、能够有益利用的水量的高级水权提供水源。