§ 852.Continuing Jurisdiction

Groundwater conditions change over years and decades, and a judgment meant to govern a basin's management can't realistically stay frozen forever. Section 852 keeps the court's authority alive after final judgment, letting it modify or amend the judgment based on new information, changed circumstances, the interests of justice, or the need to keep the judgment consistent with the criteria § 850(a) requires for entering judgment in the first place.

That continuing jurisdiction pairs naturally with § 849's physical solution authority — a physical solution is meant to function as an ongoing management framework, and this section is what lets the court adjust that framework as conditions on the ground evolve. Where feasible, the same judge who heard the original comprehensive adjudication presides over later actions or motions to modify or amend the judgment, preserving continuity and familiarity with the basin's history.