Title WAT, California Water Code

The board shall offer to lease to the Department of Fish and Game, or to an appropriate public resource protection or public conservation agency or organization approved by the Department of Fish and Game and the board, any lands it acquires as replacement habitat as mitigation f…

(a) (1) The board shall adopt regulations relating to evidentiary hearings pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (2) The board shall hold an evidentiary hearing for any matter that requires the issuance …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), prior to construction at a site of a flood control, channel clearance, or bank stabilization project, the board, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Game, shall prepare and adopt a mitigation plan which shall be implemented a…

(a) On or before December 31, 2008, the department shall prepare, and the board shall adopt, a schedule for mapping areas at risk of flooding in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River drainage. (b) The department shall update the schedule annually and shall present the update…

(a) The board or the department may establish a program of mitigation banking for the activities of the board or the department under this part and for the benefit of local districts in the discharge of their flood control responsibilities under this part and the State Water Reso…

It is the intention of the Legislature, in enacting this part, to permit levels of water management planning commensurate with the numbers of customers served and the volume of water supplied, while accounting for impacts from climate change. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 14, Sec.…

Each plan shall include a simple lay description of how much water the agency has on a reliable basis, how much it needs for the foreseeable future, what the agency’s strategy is for meeting its water needs, the challenges facing the agency, and any other information necessary to…

A plan shall be adopted in accordance with this chapter that shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the service area of the supplier, including current and projected population, climate, and other social, economic, and demographic factors affecting the supplier’s water manag…

(a) The water use projections required by Section 10631 shall include projected water use for single-family and multifamily residential housing needed for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, as identified in the housing element of…

(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 10631, an urban water management plan shall include any of the following information that the urban water supplier can readily obtain: (1) An estimate of the amount of energy used to extract or divert water supplies. (2) An estimate …

(a) Every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt a water shortage contingency plan as part of its urban water management plan that consists of each of the following elements: (1) The analysis of water supply reliability conducted pursuant to Section 10635. (2) The procedure…

An urban water supplier shall conduct an annual water supply and demand assessment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10632 and, on or before July 1 of each year, submit an annual water shortage assessment report to the department with information for anticipated shortage, tr…

An urban water supplier shall follow, where feasible and appropriate, the prescribed procedures and implement determined shortage response actions in its water shortage contingency plan, as identified in subdivision (a) of Section 10632, or reasonable alternative actions, provide…

It is the intent of the Legislature that, upon proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code) based on drought conditions, the board defer …

(a) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 10632, beginning January 1, 2020, the plan shall include a seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan to assess the vulnerability of each of the various facilities of a water system and mitigate t…

The plan shall provide, to the extent available, information on recycled water and its potential for use as a water source in the service area of the urban water supplier. The preparation of the plan shall be coordinated with local water, wastewater, groundwater, and planning age…

The plan shall include information, to the extent practicable, relating to the quality of existing sources of water available to the supplier over the same five-year increments as described in subdivision (a) of Section 10631, and the manner in which water quality affects water m…

The board may administer oaths and issue subpenas for the attendance and giving of testimony by witnesses and for the production of evidence in any proceeding in any part of the State. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

Each witness who appears by order of the board shall receive for his attendance the same fees and mileage allowed by law to witnesses in civil cases, which shall be paid by the party at whose request the witness is subpenaed. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

When any witness who has not been required to attend at the request of any party is subpenaed by the board his fees and mileage shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the use of the board and available for the purpose. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to allow levels of water management planning commensurate with the numbers of customers served and the volume of water supplied. (b) This part does not require the implementation of water use efficiency programs or pra…

An agricultural water management plan shall be adopted in accordance with this chapter. The plan shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the agricultural water supplier and the service area, including all of the following: (1) Size of the service area. (2) Location of the ser…

As part of its agricultural water management plan, each agricultural water supplier shall develop a drought plan for periods of limited water supply describing the actions of the agricultural water supplier for drought preparedness and management of water supplies and allocations…

Agricultural water suppliers that are members of the Agricultural Water Management Council, and that submit water management plans to that council in accordance with the “Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Efficient Water Management Practices By Agricultural Water Suppliers In…

(a) Agricultural water suppliers that are required to submit water conservation plans to the United States Bureau of Reclamation pursuant to either the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (Public Law 102-575) or the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, or both, may submit those wat…

An agricultural water supplier may satisfy the requirements of this part by adopting an urban water management plan pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) or by participation in areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide water management planning if those plans mee…

Any witness subpenaed, except one whose fees and mileage are payable from the funds of the board, may, at the time of service, demand the fees to which he is entitled for travel to and from the place at which he is required to appear and one day’s attendance. (Amended by Stats. 1…

If the witness demands the fees to which he is entitled at the time of service and they are not at that time paid or tendered he shall not be required to attend as directed in the subpena. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

All fees and mileage to which any witness is entitled under the provisions of this chapter may be collected by action therefor instituted by the person to whom they are payable. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

No witness shall be compelled to attend as a witness before the board under this division out of the county in which he resides, unless the distance is less than 150 miles from his place of residence to the place of hearing, except that the board, upon affidavit of any party show…

The provisions of this article are subject to the provisions of Chapter 4 of this part. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The department shall have full charge and control of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the project and the collection of all rates, charges, and revenues from it. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

The department shall proceed with the construction of the project immediately upon funds being available therefor and shall carry such work to completion as rapidly as possible. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

The collection of rates, charges, and revenues shall be continued as provided in this part until all bonds issued are fully redeemed and paid. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

Under such regulations and upon such terms, limitations, and conditions as it prescribes, the department may do any of the following: (a) Fix and establish the prices, rates, and charges at which the resources and facilities made available by the project shall be sold and dispose…

The department shall enter into such contracts and fix and establish such prices, rates, and charges so as at all times to provide revenue which will afford sufficient funds to pay all costs of operation and maintenance of the works authorized by this part, together with necessar…

The department may prepare detailed plans and specifications for the improvement of the levees or levee segments specified in Section 12225. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1302.)

The department may proceed immediately with the improvement of a pilot levee project which the department determines, after a public hearing, is in critical need of improvement and which is highly susceptible to failure in the absence of such immediate improvement. Prior to comme…

When the United States makes funds available on or after March 12, 1946, for the construction of any flood control project either adopted and authorized by Chapters 1 and 2 of this part or by subsequent legislation, any public agency affected may request the department to investi…

(a) No money appropriated for flood control projects shall be allocated for the purchase of lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for multiple purpose dams or reservoirs constructed by the United States, and authorized by the Legislature prior to January 1, 1987, except t…

As to projects other than those approved and authorized by the Legislature, the department shall make its determination in the manner provided by Chapters 1 and 2 of this part. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

Except where the co-operation required by the United States in addition to the costs of all lands, easements, and rights-of-way, has been authorized to be assumed by the State prior to March 12, 1946, the department shall not reallocate the funds allocated to it, nor shall the Re…

Money allocated to the department for flood control projects shall be reallocated to public agencies upon order of the department after application therefor has been made to it by such agencies showing the necessity, purpose and use to be made of the money or by the showing that …

The department may refuse to make any order for the reallocation of any of the funds if the provisions of this chapter are violated. (Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 230.7. Effective October 12, 2001.)

The department shall submit to the Controller all approved local agency claims for reimbursement allocations for flood control projects within 90 days of receipt of the claim. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1378, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 1984.)

The Controller shall perform an audit of projects completed pursuant to this chapter within nine months after the claim is received by the department. If the Controller is unable to perform the audit within nine months after the claim is submitted by a local agency, the departmen…