Cal. Wat. Code § 1703.1 : CALIFORNIA WATER CODE — WATER — APPROPRIATION OF WATER — CHANGE TO AN APPLICATION, PERMIT, OR LICENSE — Protest against approval of petition TEXT PDF Any interested person, within the time allowed in the notice of petition, or within the time the board may allow for good cause shown, may file with the board a written protest against approval of the petition. Ca. Water Code § 1703.1 Added by Stats 2001 ch 315 (AB 946), s 10, eff. 1/1/2002.