Title WAT, California Water Code

Any claimant desiring to offer proof of completion shall file a notice of intention to offer such proof with the clerk of the court. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The clerk shall post notice of the time for hearing the proof at the courthouse where the hearing is to be held and at least 10 days prior to the hearing. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Upon submission of proof of completion after entry of the decree of the court, the court shall enter a supplemental decree determining the right before it and in event of failure, after entry of the decree of the court, to submit proof within the time allowed or to move for and s…

All persons claiming rights under incomplete appropriations who fail to complete their appropriations within the limit of time fixed by the board in its order of determination, or within such further time granted upon motion made prior to the expiration of the time limit as the c…

Appeals from any action of the court under this article may be taken by the board or any party in interest in the same manner and with the same effect as in the civil cases. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

This article shall not be construed to confer any rights of appropriation upon parties who shall have abandoned their appropriations or failed to use due diligence in the application of the water to a beneficial use and in the completion of their appropriations. (Enacted by Stats…

Incomplete appropriations initiated by application under the provisions of the Water Commission Act or this code shall be included in the decree but shall continue to be administered by the board as in other cases. Upon issuance of a license by the board and completion of court r…

After revocation by the board of a permit or license relating to a right included in the decree and upon completion of court review of the board’s action under Article 3 (commencing with Section 1126) of Chapter 4 of Part 1, if court review is sought, the court shall, upon motion…

The board shall furnish to each claimant whose rights are decreed a copy of the decree and a notice of the entry thereof. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

Upon entry of a supplemental decree establishing or modifying a right, the board shall furnish to each claimant who could be significantly affected, at his last known address, a copy of the supplemental decree and a notice of entry thereof. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 545.)

At the time of the submission of proofs, the board shall collect from each claimant the fee established pursuant to Section 1528. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 741, Sec. 87. Effective January 1, 2004.)

At the time of, or as soon as practicable after the mailing of, its order of determination the board shall compute the entire expense it has incurred in performing the duties prescribed in this chapter, including salaries, wages, traveling expenses, and all costs of whatever char…

If the total amount of expense exceeds the total amount received from claimants at the time of submission of proofs, the excess expense shall be equitably apportioned by the board against the parties to the proceeding. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

A statement setting forth the expense and the apportionments thereof against the respective parties shall be sent by registered mail by the board to each of the parties and filed with the court. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

Upon application in writing by any party aggrieved within 30 days after the statement of expense and the apportionment thereof has been mailed to the parties, the court shall after expiration of said period set for hearing the determination of any objections to the expense or to …

The clerk of the court shall, at least 10 days prior to the date of hearing, give notice thereof by mail to all parties. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

If no objection is filed with the court within the prescribed periods the court upon ex parte application of the board shall enter a judgment against the parties in favor of the board in the amounts apportioned to them. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 329.)

Any party failing to object to the expense or the apportionments thereof waives all objections thereto. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Upon the hearing of objections to the expense or the apportionments thereof the court shall determine the expense and its apportionment as the court deems equitable and shall enter judgment against the parties in favor of the board in the amounts apportioned to them. (Amended by …

If the funds available for use by the board are inadequate to enable it to undertake the expense of any proceeding under this chapter or if in its judgment reimbursement for the expense of any such proceeding is not reasonably certain, it may refuse to proceed with its investigat…

During the pendency of any proceedings under this chapter, the board, after at least 20 days’ notice to the parties, may order interim or partial payments of the expense to be made by the parties as the board deems proper and equitable under the circumstances. (Added by Stats. 20…

If a party fails to pay the expenses apportioned to that party when due, the board may refer the matter for collection of the unpaid expenses pursuant to Section 1536. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 741, Sec. 89. Effective January 1, 2004.)

(a) Every urban water supplier shall include, as part of its urban water management plan, an assessment of the reliability of its water service to its customers during normal, dry, and multiple dry water years. This water supply and demand assessment shall compare the total water…

Payments on behalf of a distribution district shall be made only out of the proceeds and charges for the use of water or other service levied or fixed and collected for the purpose of meeting the requirements of a contract between the distribution district and the United States e…

Distribution district warrants shall be used solely for making payments which may be required to carry out the requirements of a contract between a distribution district and the United States, executed under the provisions of the federal reclamation laws. (Added by Stats. 1949, C…

If the proceeds from any distribution district assessment or charge exceed the amounts necessary for the purpose for which they were levied, the excess may either be held in a proper fund to be used for the operation of the distribution district or be transferred to the general f…

Receipts from assessments levied and charges fixed in connection with distribution districts shall be deposited in a separate fund for the benefit of the distribution district to be used for meeting any payments which may be required in carrying out the requirements of a contract…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this part. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2008, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective March 1, 2009.)

“Basin plan” means a water quality control plan developed pursuant to Section 13240. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2008, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective March 1, 2009.)

“Integrated regional water management plan” means a comprehensive plan for a defined geographic area, the specific development, content, and adoption of which shall satisfy requirements developed pursuant to this part. At a minimum, an integrated regional water management plan de…

“Local agency” means any city, county, city and county, special district, joint powers authority, or other political subdivision of the state, a public utility as defined in Section 216 of the Public Utilities Code, or a mutual water company as defined in Section 2725 of the Publ…

“Plan” means an integrated regional water management plan. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2008, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective March 1, 2009.)

“Regional projects or programs” means projects or programs identified in an integrated regional water management plan that accomplish any of the following: (a) Reduce water demand through agricultural and urban water use efficiency. (b) Increase water supplies for any beneficial …

“Regional reports or studies” means reports or studies relating to any of the matters described in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 10537, that are identified in an integrated regional water management plan. (Added by Stats. 2008, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effec…

“Regional water management group” means a group in which three or more local agencies, at least two of which have statutory authority over water supply or water management, as well as those other persons who may be necessary for the development and implementation of a plan that m…

(a) The state shall achieve a 20-percent reduction in urban per capita water use in California on or before December 31, 2020. (b) The state shall make incremental progress towards the state target specified in subdivision (a) by reducing urban per capita water use by at least 10…

(a) (1) Each urban retail water supplier shall develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target by July 1, 2011. Urban retail water suppliers may elect to determine and report progress toward achieving these targets on an individual or regional basis, as prov…

Notwithstanding the method adopted by an urban retail water supplier pursuant to Section 10608.20, an urban retail water supplier’s per capita daily water use reduction shall be no less than 5 percent of base daily per capita water use as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (…

(a) Each urban retail water supplier shall meet its interim urban water use target by December 31, 2015. (b) Each urban retail water supplier shall meet its urban water use target by December 31, 2020. (c) An urban retail water supplier’s compliance daily per capita water use sha…

(a) In complying with this part, an urban retail water supplier shall conduct at least one public hearing to accomplish all of the following: (1) Allow community input regarding the urban retail water supplier’s implementation plan for complying with this part. (2) Consider the e…

(a) An urban retail water supplier may meet its urban water use target within its retail service area, or through mutual agreement, by any of the following: (1) Through an urban wholesale water supplier. (2) Through a regional agency authorized to plan and implement water conserv…

All costs incurred pursuant to this part by a water utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission may be recoverable in rates subject to review and approval by the Public Utilities Commission, and may be recorded in a memorandum account and reviewed for reasonableness by t…

(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2017, the department shall adopt rules for all of the following: (A) The conduct of standardized water loss audits by urban retail water suppliers in accordance with the method adopted by the American Water Works Association in the third edition of…

(a) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and make a recommendation to the Legislature, by January 1, 2020, on the feasibility of developing and enacting water loss reporting requirements for urban wholesale water suppl…

Urban wholesale water suppliers shall include in the urban water management plans required pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) an assessment of their present and proposed future measures, programs, and policies to help achieve the water use reductions required by…

Urban water retail suppliers shall report to the department on their progress in meeting their urban water use targets as part of their urban water management plans submitted pursuant to Section 10631. The data shall be reported using a standardized form developed pursuant to Sec…