Title WAT, California Water Code

Before adoption of such a plan the board shall make, or cause to be made, a report setting forth the proposed plan. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1085.)

Before adoption of such a plan the board shall pass a resolution declaring the following: (a) The intention of the board to adopt a plan for distribution and use of water within the district, briefly describing the same. (b) That a copy of the proposed plan is on file at the dist…

Notice of such hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention in a newspaper of general circulation published in Kern County, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, with the first publication to be at least 14 days prior to the time fixed for…

At the time and place so fixed, or at any time or place to which the hearing is continued, the board shall hold the hearing provided for by such resolution of intention at which hearing any person interested, including all persons owning land in the district, or improvement distr…

The department may carry on topographic surveys and investigations into matters pertaining to the water resources of the State along the lines of hydrography, hydroeconomics, and the use and distribution of water for agricultural purposes, and to that end, where possible and to t…

The department, either independently or in co-operation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, may do any of the following: (a) Conduct investigations of all or any portion of any stream, stream system, lake or other body of water. (b) Investigate either …

The department may investigate any natural situation available for reservoirs or reservoir systems for gathering and distributing flood or other water not under beneficial use in any stream, stream system, lake, or other body of water. The department may ascertain the feasibility…

The department shall gather and correlate information and data pertinent to an annual forecast of seasonal water crop, including the making of snow surveys, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, State, Federal, or other agency. (Amended by Stats. 1…

The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, to the extent that funds are allocated therefor, shall investigate conditions of the quality of all waters within the state, including saline waters, coastal and…

The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, or upon the request of the State Water Resources Control Board, to the extent funds are allocated therefor, shall conduct surveys and investigations relating to …

The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal or other agency, shall investigate and survey conditions of damage to quality of underground waters, which conditions are or may be caused by improperly constructed, abandoned or …

No plans or proposal for authorization of a project for construction or operation by the State shall be submitted to the Legislature by the Department of Water Resources unless the plans or proposal includes (1) the comments and recommendations, if any, of the Department of Fish …

The department, either independently or in co-operation with or through any person or any county, state, federal or other agency, is authorized to investigate, excavate, and preserve any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument, or any object of antiquity, situated in areas to be…

The department, either independently or in co-operation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, to the extent that funds are allocated therefor, may conduct a program of study, research, experimentation, and evaluation in the field of weather modification,…

The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, is authorized to collect hydrologic data necessary for river forecasting, to make forecasts of stream flow, to provide for flood warning, and to provide for comm…

(a) The department shall conduct studies of the Sacramento River and the Feather River and their tributaries north of Sacramento, including watershed hydrologic inventories and studies of water sources and supplies to meet local needs, flood control, water quality, seepage and er…

The district may contract with any private utility as defined in Sections 1502 and 1506 of the Public Utilities Code, to waive all or any portion of the provisions of Sections 1501 to 1506, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code. Contracts containing those provisions shall be en…

The board of directors of the district shall have the power, in addition to, and as an alternative to, the powers enumerated elsewhere in this division, to levy and collect ground water charges for the production of water from the ground water supply within the district which wil…

In addition to, and as an alternative to, the powers contained in this division, zones may be established within the district for the purpose of fixing rates of assessments varying in accordance with the extent of benefits to each zone derived or to be derived from services to th…

No zone shall be established or varying rates of assessments fixed under Section 35534 unless the board by resolution declares that it intends to do so and that a public hearing will be held thereon at a specified day and place where all interested persons may appear and be heard…

The annual statement of expenses filed pursuant to Section 36552 or 37206, as the case may be, shall, in addition to the matters required by such section, contain the amount of expenses to be borne by each zone, which amount shall be computed by multiplying the total expenses by …

The board of supervisors in fixing the rate of assessment authorized by Section 35536 pursuant to Section 36608, or in levying such assessment pursuant to Section 37207, as the case may be, shall fix the rate or levy the assessment upon all lands within each zone sufficient to ra…

Proceeds from assessments levied pursuant to this chapter may be used to pay any lawful obligation of the district. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1085.)

The department and board shall take all appropriate proceedings or actions before executive, legislative, or judicial agencies to prevent waste, unreasonable use, unreasonable method of use, or unreasonable method of diversion of water in this state. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. …

In addition to, and as an alternative to, the powers contained in this division, the board may by resolution determine and declare that it is necessary to levy a special assessment of an equal amount upon each acre of developed land, upon each acre of undeveloped land, or both, w…

The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in which district lands are located. A copy of the resolution shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to each holder of title to land within …

No levy of assessment shall be made pursuant to this article unless the resolution pursuant to the hearing is properly made and entered in the records of the district at least 31 days before the time for levying such assessment. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 35.)

If, after the board adopts the resolution of intent to levy and before 30 days after the resolution pursuant to the hearing, the board receives a petition containing the signatures of persons holding title to 5 percent of the land area within the district, the board shall call an…

The resolution pursuant to the hearing, or, when required, the proposition submitted to the qualified voters of the district pursuant to Section 35539.3, shall specify the due date for such special assessment and may provide that it is payable in two equal installments, the first…

For the purposes of this article, an artesian well is any artifical hole made in the ground through which water naturally flows from subterranean sources to the surface of the ground for any length of time. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

For the purposes of this article, waste is the causing, suffering, or permitting any water flowing from an artesian well, to run either: (a) Into any natural watercourse or channel, or into any bay or pond, unless the water is used thereafter for irrigation or domestic use. (b) I…

The use of any water flowing from an artesian well for the irrigation of land, whenever over 5 per cent of the water received on the land for irrigation purposes is permitted to escape from the land, is waste within the meaning of this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Nothing in this article prevents the running of artesian water into an artificial pond or storage-reservoir, if the water is used thereafter for a beneficial use. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

A beneficial use under the next preceding section shall not exceed one tenth of one miner’s inch of water per acre, perpetual flow, but the person using the water may cumulate that amount within any period of each year. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Any artesian well which is not capped or equipped with a mechanical appliance which will readily and effectively arrest and prevent the flow of any water from the well is a public nuisance. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The owner, tenant, or occupant of the land upon which a well which is a public nuisance under the next preceding section is situated, who causes, permits, or suffers such public nuisance to exist or continue is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Any person owning, possessing, or occupying any land upon which is situated an artesian well, who causes, suffers, or permits water unnecessarily to flow from the well or to go to waste is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Each day’s continuance of waste constitutes a new offense. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is punishable for each offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both. (Amended by …

All prosecutions for the violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be instituted in the superior court of the county where the well is situated. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2004.)

Any fine imposed under the provisions of this article may be collected as in other criminal cases, and the justice may also issue an execution upon the judgment therein rendered, which may be enforced and collected as in civil cases. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Any funds appropriated for Yuba River debris control shall be used for construction, renewal, and repair of works for restraining, impounding and control of debris resulting from mining operations, natural erosion and other causes. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1958.)

Funds withdrawn from such appropriation must be matched by an expenditure of like amount by the Federal Government for the same work. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1958.)

All work paid for from such appropriation shall be executed by or under the direction of the California Debris Commission, according to plans approved by the Department of Water Resources. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1958.)

The Department of Water Resources shall (a) plan recreation development associated with state-constructed water projects in consultation with local public agencies and affected state and federal agencies, (b) thereafter acquire land necessary to implement and execute plans for su…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 345, the department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may acquire by eminent domain or otherwise, either in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, any real property for recreational development associated with st…