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<br />portion of the water to be available for future use in the area <br /> <br />of origin. The approaches taken here include recapture, reserva- <br /> <br />tion, and evaluation. <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Recapture or Permanent priority. <br /> <br />California statutes <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />enacted in 1931 and 1933 attempt to provide protection to the <br /> <br />area of origin by making certain state-held water rights subject <br /> <br />to future requirements of these areas.21 <br /> <br />The 1931 Act has been <br /> <br />characterized as providing a "right of recapture against the <br /> <br />users of export water, conditioning all export water rights by <br /> <br />g iv ing users in the county of orig in a right to recapture <br /> <br />exported water any time the water becomes necessary for the <br /> <br />development of the county."22 <br /> <br />The 1933 Act, which relates <br /> <br />specifically to the Central valley project, also creates an <br /> <br />inchoate priority to obtain water whenever needed by inhabitants <br /> <br />of the area of origin that would supercede the priorities of <br /> <br />21The 1931 provision states: "No priority under this part <br />shall be released nor assignment made of any application that <br />will... deprive the county in which the water covered by the <br />application originates of any such water necessary for the <br />development of the county." Ch. 720, 81 [1931] Cal. Stat. 1514, <br />codified in Cal. Water Code 810505 (West, 1971 & Supp. 1985). <br />The 1933 statute states: "In the construction and operation by <br />the department of any project under the provisions of this part'a <br />watershed or area wherein water originates, or an area immediate- <br />ly adjacent thereto which can conveniently be supplied with water <br />therefrom, shall not be deprived by the department directry or <br />indirectly of the prior right to all of the water reasonably <br />required to adequately supply the beneficial needs of the <br />watershed, area, or any of the inhabitants or property owners <br />therein." Ch. 1042, 811 [1933] Cal. Stat. 2643, codified in <br />Cal. Water Code 811460 (West 1971 & Supp. 1985). <br /> <br />22Legal Study No.7, supra note 1, at 77 (emphasis in <br />original) . <br /> <br />10 <br />