Title WAT, California Water Code

“Fund” means the Colorado River Fund. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The Legislature finds and declares that the people of the state have a primary interest in the conservation, control, and utilization of the water resources of the state, and that the quality of all the waters of the state shall be protected for use and enjoyment by the people of…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the state board and each regional board shall be the principal state agencies with primary responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality. The state board and regional boards in exercising any power granted in this divisi…

No provision of this division or any ruling of the state board or a regional board is a limitation: (a) On the power of a city or county or city and county to adopt and enforce additional regulations, not in conflict therewith, imposing further conditions, restrictions, or limita…

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Irrigation District Law. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may make and perform any agreement with the United States, any State, county, district of any kind, public corporation, any person, or any number of them for the joint acquisition, disposition, or operation of any property of a kind which might be acquired by the distr…

Construction bonds may be authorized for the purposes of acquiring necessary irrigation, drainage, and power development and distribution works, acquiring the necessary property for these works, acquiring any property necessary for the purposes of the district, and otherwise carr…

The board shall at any of the following times estimate the amount of money it is necessary to raise for the purposes for which construction bonds may be issued: (a) As soon after the district has been formed as may be practicable. (b) Whenever the board finds that the constructio…

The board shall cause any surveys, examinations, and drawings, to be made which will furnish the proper basis for making an estimate of the amount of money necessary to be raised. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The surveys, examinations, and drawings shall be made under the direction of a competent engineer and shall be certified by him. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The surveys, examinations, drawings, and estimate may provide that the works necessary for a completed project shall be constructed progressively during a period of years. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The estimate may include a sum sufficient to pay the interest on the proposed construction bonds for four years or less and, if the bonds are to be payable solely from revenues, the estimate may also include a sum for a revenue bond reserve fund to be set aside out of the proceed…

In the case of any district described in Section 20560.2 with respect to construction bonds issued for purposes of financing the works described in that section, the estimate may also include a sum sufficient to pay the interest on the proposed construction bonds for 10 years or …

The estimate shall include the estimated cost of inspection required by law of works in course of construction. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board, if it declares by resolution that the proposed plan of the project is satisfactory and that the plan is feasible, shall adopt an order determining the amount of bonds that should be issued to raise the money necessary to complete the proposed project. Construction bond…

This division shall be known and may be cited as the County Water District Law. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The people of a county or two or more contiguous counties or of a portion of such county or counties, whether the portion includes unincorporated territory or not, may form a county water district pursuant to this part. (Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 991.)

The petition for formation shall describe the proposed boundaries of the proposed district and shall pray that it be incorporated into a district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The petition shall be signed by voters equal in number to at least 10 percent of the voters registered within the boundaries of the proposed district 30 days prior to the date the petition is filed. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1233.)

But, if one or more municipal corporations or part thereof is included in the proposed district, the petition shall be signed by at least 10 percent of the voters of each municipal corporation or part thereof and of the unincorporated territory included in the proposed district v…

The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The petition for the formation of a county water district to include all or part of Pleasant Valley, Ventura County, may be signed by either: (a) The number of voters required by Section 30202, or (b) Ten percent of the owners of land within the proposed district. The provisions …

The provisions of the Elections Code relating to the qualifications of electors, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all water district elections except: (a) To the extent that the provisions of the Elections Code pertaining to the qualification of voters at local elec…

Notwithstanding Section 30021 or any other provision of the law, in the Pleasant Valley County Water District every owner of land within the district, but no others, may vote at the election for directors or otherwise. Such owners need not be residents of the district in order to…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 30021 or any other provision of the law, qualified voters at elections for directors or otherwise in the Sierra Lakes County Water District shall be (1) voters who are residents of the district, and (2) every owner of real property within the district,…

Any tract of land included within any district and not substantially and directly benefited by being in the district, or by its continued inclusion therein, may be excluded from the district. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Coachella District Merger Law. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The State and the people thereof have a primary and supreme interest in securing to the inhabitants and property owners within the Coachella Valley and adjacent land in Riverside County the greatest possible use and conservation of, and protection from, the waters naturally flowi…

Investigation having shown that conditions in the Coachella Valley are peculiar to that valley, it is hereby declared that a general law cannot be made applicable thereto and that this part is therefore necessary for the proper distribution, use, and control of the water availabl…

The Coachella Valley County Water District was prior to October 19, 1937, formed primarily for irrigation purposes, and the Coachella Valley Storm Water District was prior to October 19, 1937, formed for reclamation and protection purposes. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

This chapter is enacted in part under the authority expressly granted in Section 13 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

This part shall be given a liberal construction for the purpose of sustaining any and all proceedings taken hereunder. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

Nothing in this part shall impair or adversely affect any right of any bondholder or creditor of the storm water district or the county water district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Costa Mesa District Merger Law. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)

The State and the people thereof have a primary and supreme interest in securing to the inhabitants, property owners and water users within the City of Costa Mesa, the Newport Heights Irrigation District, the Fairview County Water District, and the Newport Mesa County Water Distr…

The City of Costa Mesa was incorporated on June 29, 1953, primarily for the purpose of providing municipal functions and services, including the providing of a water supply to its area; the Newport Heights Irrigation District was formed on August 5, 1918, primarily for providing …

This part is enacted partially under the authority expressly granted in Section 13 of Article XI of the Constitution of this State. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)

This part shall be given a liberal construction for the purpose of sustaining any and all proceedings taken hereunder. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)

Nothing in this part shall impair or adversely affect any right of any bondholder or creditor of any of the districts involved in this merger or of the City of Costa Mesa. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)

For the purpose of accomplishing the dissolution, merger, and creation of the new district, the City of Costa Mesa may participate to the extent of transferring its water system and appurtenances and contributing its share of funds for the operation of the new district. (Added by…

The name of the Costa Mesa County Water District as created pursuant to this part is hereby changed to the Mesa Consolidated Water District. Any reference in this part to the Costa Mesa County Water District shall hereafter be deemed to refer to the Mesa Consolidated Water Distri…

This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Water District Law. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

A district shall adopt for the government and control of its affairs a code of by-laws consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State and the provisions of this division. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

Within 60 days after they have qualified for office, the board of directors elected at the formation election shall prepare the by-laws for the written approval of the board of supervisors of the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

When the by-laws of a district are approved by the board of supervisors of the principal county, the board of directors shall adopt them by resolution entered in its minutes, unless prior to adoption by resolution by-laws are adopted and filed with the secretary by the written as…