Title WAT, California Water Code

Unless other basin boundaries are established pursuant to this chapter, a basin’s boundaries shall be as identified in Bulletin 118. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 346, Sec. 3. (SB 1168) Effective January 1, 2015.)

(a) A local agency or an entity directed by the court in an adjudication action to file the request may request that the department revise the boundaries of a basin, including the establishment of new subbasins. A request shall be supported by the following information: (1) Infor…

(a) Pursuant to Section 10933, for the purposes of this part the department shall categorize each basin as one of the following priorities: (1) High priority. (2) Medium priority. (3) Low priority. (4) Very low priority. (b) The initial priority for each basin shall be establishe…

(a) The San Luis Rey Valley Groundwater Basin, identified as Basin 9-007 in Bulletin 118 (2016), shall be divided into an upper and lower subbasin at the east line of the western boundary of Section 6, Range 2 West, Township 10 South, San Bernardino Meridian. The portion of the b…

(a) Any local agency, whose service area includes a groundwater basin, or a portion of a groundwater basin, that is not subject to groundwater management pursuant to other provisions of law or a court order, judgment, or decree, may, by ordinance, or by resolution if the local ag…

Nothing in this part, or in any groundwater management plan adopted pursuant to this part, affects surface water rights or the procedures under common law or local groundwater authority, or any provision of law other than this part that determines or grants surface water rights. …

In adopting rules and regulations pursuant to Section 10753.9, the local agency shall consider the potential impact of those rules and regulations on business activities, including agricultural operations, and to the extent practicable and consistent with the protection of the gr…

A plan shall not be considered invalid, and the local agency shall not be required to recirculate the plan for public comment or to delay implementation of the plan, if the local agency substantially complies with the public notice provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 201…

(a) Prior to adopting a resolution of intention to draft a groundwater management plan, a local agency shall hold a hearing, after publication of notice pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, on whether or not to adopt a resolution of intention to draft a groundwater ma…

(a) After the conclusion of the hearing, and if the local agency adopts a resolution of intention, the local agency shall publish the resolution of intention in the same manner that notice for the hearing held under Section 10753.2 was published. (b) Upon written request, the loc…

(a) The local agency shall prepare a groundwater management plan within two years of the date of the adoption of the resolution of intention. (1) If the plan is not adopted within two years, the resolution of intention expires, and a plan shall not be adopted except pursuant to a…

(a) After a groundwater management plan is prepared, the local agency shall hold a second hearing to determine whether to adopt the plan. Notice of the hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. Notice shall also be provided to the department and to a…

(a) A written protest filed by a landowner shall include the landowner’s signature and a description of the land owned sufficient to identify the land. A public agency owning land is deemed to be a landowner for the purpose of making a written protest. (b) The secretary of the lo…

(a) For the purposes of qualifying as a groundwater management plan under this section, a plan shall contain the components that are set forth in this section. In addition to the requirements of a specific funding program, a local agency seeking state funds administered by the de…

A groundwater management plan may include components relating to all of the following: (a) The control of saline water intrusion. (b) Identification and management of wellhead protection areas and recharge areas. (c) Regulation of the migration of contaminated groundwater. (d) Th…

(a) A local agency shall adopt rules and regulations to implement and enforce a groundwater management plan adopted pursuant to this part. (b) Nothing in this part shall be construed as authorizing the local agency to make a binding determination of the water rights of any person…

Any of the following entities may assume responsibility for monitoring and reporting groundwater elevations in all or a part of a basin or subbasin in accordance with this part: (a) A watermaster or water management engineer appointed by a court or pursuant to statute to administ…

(a) Any entity described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 10927 that seeks to assume groundwater monitoring functions in accordance with this part shall notify the department, in writing, on or before January 1, 2011. The notification shall include all of the following inform…

(a) (1) The department shall review all notifications received pursuant to Section 10928. (2) Upon the receipt of a notification pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10928, the department shall verify that the notifying entity has the appropriate authority under subdivision (a)…

Upon completion of each review pursuant to Section 10929, the department shall do both of the following if it determines that a party will perform monitoring functions under this part: (a) Notify the party in writing that it is a monitoring entity and the specific portion of the …

(a) The department shall work cooperatively with each monitoring entity to determine the manner in which groundwater elevation information should be reported to the department pursuant to this part. In determining what information should be reported to the department, the departm…

(a) Monitoring entities shall commence monitoring and reporting groundwater elevations pursuant to this part on or before January 1, 2012. (b) For purposes of reporting groundwater elevations pursuant to this part, and subject to subdivision (c), a monitoring entity may use alter…

(a) The department shall commence to identify the extent of monitoring of groundwater elevations that is being undertaken within each basin and subbasin. (b) The department shall prioritize groundwater basins and subbasins for the purpose of implementing this section. In prioriti…

(a) Consistent with Section 10933, the department shall perform the groundwater monitoring functions for those portions of a basin or subbasin for which no monitoring entity has agreed to perform the groundwater monitoring functions. (b) Upon determining that it is required to pe…

(a) If the department is required to perform groundwater monitoring functions pursuant to Section 10933.5, the county and the entities described in subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, of Section 10927 shall not be eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the …

(a) For purposes of this part, neither any entity described in Section 10927, nor the department, shall have the authority to do either of the following: (1) To enter private property without the consent of the property owner. (2) To require a private property owner to submit gro…

(a) A voluntary cooperative groundwater monitoring association may be formed for the purposes of monitoring groundwater elevations in accordance with this part. The association may be established by contract, a joint powers agreement, a memorandum of agreement, or other form of a…

Costs incurred by the department pursuant to this chapter may be funded from unallocated bond revenues pursuant to paragraph (12) of subdivision (a) of Section 75027 of the Public Resources Code, to the extent those funds are available for those purposes. (Added by Stats. 2009, 7…

(a) The Water Data Administration Fund is hereby created. All moneys in the fund are available, upon appropriation, to the department, the state board, or the Department of Fish and Wildlife for the collection, management, and improvement of water and ecological data for the purp…

The board shall elect from among its members, other than the Director of Water Resources or the Director of Fish and Game or their designees, a chairman who is ex officio the “Colorado River Commissioner.” The chairman shall serve at the pleasure of the board. (Repealed and added…

The commissioner shall serve without compensation, but he shall be reimbursed for traveling and other expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The commissioner shall perform the duties imposed upon him by this chapter under the direction of the board. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The commissioner shall consult and advise with the board in exercising the powers and performing the duties enumerated in this chapter and make such reports and recommendations as he deems proper or as the board requests, to the end that the rights and interests of the State, its…

The commissioner shall exercise on behalf of the State every right and power granted to the State or to any representative of it by Section 16 of the act of Congress designated the “Boulder Canyon Project Act.” (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The commissioner shall investigate past, present, and potential uses of the water of the Colorado River System within and without the State. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The commissioner shall investigate, coordinate, collate, and preserve information, facts, and data bearing upon the claims of all States and of all public or private agencies within and without the State to and in respect of the water and the use of water of the Colorado River Sy…

The commissioner shall confer with representatives of other States in the Colorado River basin, representatives of the United States, and others concerning problems and measures relating to the development of the Colorado River basin, the use of the water of the Colorado River Sy…

The commissioner shall do and perform all other things deemed necessary or expedient to carry out the purposes of this part. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a mobilehome used primarily for residential purposes and located on rental spaces within a mobilehome park is not property subject to ad valorem property taxes for debt service of any water district or of any improvement district th…

Districts, regardless of the date of formation, are subject to the provisions of this division. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

In the case of any district that owns and operates facilities for the generation, transmission, distribution, and retail sale of electric power, the district shall give notice to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, at least 30 days prior to the proposed sale d…

Nothing in this division impairs the validity of any district formed prior to the effective date of this division, its rights, or obligations. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Whenever by this division a notice is required to be published for a designated number of weeks or once a week for a designated number of weeks, the notice need be published on only one day of each week and for only the same number of times as the number of weeks designated. (Add…

Whenever any act is required to be done or proceeding taken on the first Tuesday in any month, the act may be done or proceeding had upon the day of the month otherwise specified for the regular meeting of the board. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Whenever an instrument provided for in this division is acknowledged or proved, it shall have the same effect as evidence as a conveyance of real property which has been acknowledged and in case of any petition under this division is evidence of the fact of place of residence of …

Whenever an instrument is by this division required to be acknowledged, each signer shall acknowledge the instrument, or his signature shall be proved, in the manner provided by law before his signature shall be effective. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)