Title WAT, California Water Code

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Urban Water Management Planning Act.” (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1009, Sec. 1.)

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The waters of the state are a limited and renewable resource subject to ever-increasing demands. (2) The conservation and efficient use of urban water supplies are of statewide concern; however, the planning for tha…

The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state as follows: (a) The management of urban water demands and efficient use of water shall be actively pursued to protect both the people of the state and their water resources. (b) The management of urban water de…

The declaration of the policy of the State in this chapter is not exclusive, and all other or further declarations of policy in this code shall be given their full force and effect. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.” (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 346, Sec. 3. (SB 1168) Effective January 1, 2015.)

In enacting this part, it is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following: (a) To provide for the sustainable management of groundwater basins. (b) To enhance local management of groundwater consistent with rights to use or store groundwater and Section 2 of Article X…

(a) This part applies to all groundwater basins in the state. (b) To the extent authorized under federal or tribal law, this part applies to an Indian tribe and to the federal government, including, but not limited to, the United States Department of Defense. (c) The federal gove…

(a) Groundwater management pursuant to this part shall be consistent with Section 2 of Article X of the California Constitution. Nothing in this part modifies rights or priorities to use or store groundwater consistent with Section 2 of Article X of the California Constitution, e…

(a) (1) By January 31, 2020, all basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the department that have been designated in Bulletin 118, as it may be updated or revised on or before January 1, 2017, as basins that are subject to critical conditions of overdraft shall be…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), this part does not apply to the following adjudicated areas or a local agency that conforms to the requirements of an adjudication of water rights for one of the following adjudicated areas: (1) Beaumont Basin. (2) Brite Basin. (3) Centr…

All relevant state agencies, including, but not limited to, the board, the regional water quality control boards, the department, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife, shall consider the policies of this part, and any groundwater sustainability plans adopted pursuant to this p…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that groundwater is a valuable natural resource in California, and should be managed to ensure both its safe production and its quality. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage groundwa…

(a) Beginning January 1, 2015, a new plan shall not be adopted and an existing plan shall not be renewed pursuant to this part, except as provided in subdivision (b). A plan adopted before January 1, 2015, shall remain in effect until a groundwater sustainability plan is adopted …

This part is in addition to, and not a limitation on, the authority granted to a local agency pursuant to other provisions of law. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 947, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

(a) Subject to subdivision (b), this part applies to all groundwater basins in the state. (b) This part does not apply to any portion of a groundwater basin that is subject to groundwater management by a local agency or a watermaster pursuant to other provisions of law or a court…

Nothing in this part requires a local agency overlying a groundwater basin to adopt or implement a groundwater management plan or groundwater management program pursuant to this part. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 947, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Nothing in this part affects the authority of a local agency or a watermaster to manage groundwater pursuant to other provisions of law or a court order, judgment, or decree. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 947, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

(a) A local agency may not manage groundwater pursuant to this part within the service area of another local agency, a water corporation regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, or a mutual water company without the agreement of that other entity. (b) This section applies on…

(a) A local agency may not manage groundwater pursuant to this part within the service area of another local agency without the agreement of that other entity. (b) This section applies only to groundwater basins that are critically overdrafted. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 947, Sec…

(a) A local agency that commences procedures, prior to January 1, 1993, to adopt an ordinance or resolution to establish a program for the management of groundwater pursuant to Part 2.75 (commencing with Section 10750), as added by Chapter 903 of the Statutes of 1991, may proceed…

It is hereby declared to be the established policy of this State that in the development and completion of any general or co-ordinated plan prepared and published by the Department of Water Resources or any predecessor thereof or successor thereto, all uses, including needs of th…

(a) It is hereby declared to be the established policy of the state that source watersheds are recognized and defined as integral components of California’s water infrastructure. (b) (1) As climate change advances, source watersheds that provide the majority of the state’s drinki…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Agricultural Water Management Planning Act. (Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 4. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The waters of the state are a limited and renewable resource. (b) The California Constitution requires that water in the state be used in a reasonable and beneficial manner. (c) The efficient use of agricultural water s…

The Legislature finds and declares that all of the following are the policies of the state: (a) The efficient use of water shall be pursued actively to protect both the people of the state and the state’s water resources. (b) The efficient use of agricultural water supplies shall…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the growing water needs of the state require the use of water in an efficient manner and that the efficient use of water requires certainty in the definition of property rights to the use of water and transferability of such righ…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that on or before January 1, 2012, groundwater elevations in all groundwater basins and subbasins be regularly and systematically monitored locally and that the resulting groundwater information be made readily and widely available. (b) It …

This part does not require the monitoring of groundwater elevations in an area that is not within a basin or subbasin. (Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 1. (SB 6 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)

This part does not expand or otherwise affect the powers or duties of the department relating to groundwater beyond those expressly granted by this part. (Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 1. (SB 6 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) The use of potable water to irrigate nonfunctional turf is wasteful and incompatible with state policy relating to climate change, water conservation, and reduced reliance on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta …

(a) The efficiency of a reverse osmosis water treatment device means the percentage of water which passes through the water treatment device that is available for subsequent domestic use and which is not discharged directly from the device to the waste disposal system of the resi…

It is the policy of the state that groundwater resources be managed sustainably for long-term reliability and multiple economic, social, and environmental benefits for current and future beneficial uses. Sustainable groundwater management is best achieved locally through the deve…

The Legislature hereby finds that the water problems of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are unique within the State; the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers join at the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to discharge their fresh water flows into Suisun, San Pablo and San Francisco Bays …

The Legislature finds that the maintenance of an adequate water supply in the Delta sufficient to maintain and expand agriculture, industry, urban, and recreational development in the Delta area as set forth in Section 12220, Chapter 2, of this part, and to provide a common sourc…

Among the functions to be provided by the State Water Resources Development System, in coordination with the activities of the United States in providing salinity control for the Delta through operation of the Federal Central Valley Project, shall be the provision of salinity con…

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no person, corporation or public or private agency or the State or the United States should divert water from the channels of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to which the users within said Delta are entitled. (Added by Sta…

In determining the availability of water for export from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta no water shall be exported which is necessary to meet the requirements of Sections 12202 and 12203 of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1766.)

It is the policy of the State that the operation and management of releases from storage into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of water for use outside the area in which such water originates shall be integrated to the maximum extent possible in order to permit the fulfillment of…

The department is authorized to construct a recreation project in the vicinity of the City of Oroville along the Feather River. Recreation projects which may be considered, in accordance with the project environmental impact report, include, but are not limited to: a swimming are…

In order to construct the recreation project authorized pursuant to Section 12250, the department may exercise any of the powers conferred upon it by the provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 11100) of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1023.)

Construction of the recreation project authorized pursuant to Section 12250 shall be contingent upon a favorable environmental impact determination, and upon the execution of an agreement with a local public agency under which such public agency agrees to fund any construction co…

Any land acquisition for the purposes of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1079.)

(a) The Delta Flood Protection Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. There shall be deposited in the fund all moneys appropriated to the fund, including authorized proceeds from the sale of bonds, and all income derived from the investment of moneys that are in the fund. …

The Delta Flood Protection Fund is hereby abolished on July 1, 2010, and all unencumbered moneys in the fund are transferred to the General Fund. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 548, Sec. 3. Effective September 28, 2006.)

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, subject to subdivision (b) of Section 12929.12, if twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) or any lesser amount is transferred pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937 to the California Water Fund from the California…

This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Open and Transparent Water Data Act. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 506, Sec. 1. (AB 1755) Effective January 1, 2017.)