Title WAT, California Water Code

The State Treasurer, when requested by the state board and approved by the Director of Finance, shall transfer moneys in the nature of a loan from the State Water Quality Control Fund to the account created pursuant to Section 13440, which shall be repayable from the account to s…

(a) Upon application by an eligible entity, as described in subdivision (b), the state board may approve the payment of grant moneys from the account to that entity to assist in cleaning up a waste, abating the effects of a waste on waters of the state, addressing actions require…

(a) Upon application by an eligible entity, as described in subdivision (b), the state board may make funds available from the account for a loan to that entity to assist in cleaning up a waste, abating the effects of a waste on waters of the state, or addressing an urgent drinki…

Upon application by a regional board that is attempting to remedy a significant unforeseen water pollution problem, posing an actual or potential public health threat, or is overseeing and tracking the implementation of a supplemental environmental project required as a condition…

(a) No later than January 1 of each year, the board shall post on its internet website a report describing the receipts and expenditures of the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account for the most recent completed fiscal year. (b) The board shall complete the initial …

A permit shall be effective for such time as the water actually appropriated under it is used for a useful and beneficial purpose in conformity with this division, but no longer. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Every permit shall include the enumeration of conditions therein which in substance shall include all of the provisons of this article and the statement that any appropriator of water to whom a permit is issued takes it subject to the conditions therein expressed. (Enacted by Sta…

Every permittee, if he accepts a permit, does so under the conditions precedent that no value whatsoever in excess of the actual amount paid to the State therefor shall at any time be assigned to or claimed for any permit granted or issued under the provisions of this division, o…

The board shall include as a condition in any permit under which a reservoir with an impounding capacity of 50 acre-feet or more is to be constructed, that the permittee shall clear the site of the proposed reservoir of all structures, trees, and other vegetation which would inte…

(a) The board may reserve jurisdiction, in whole or in part, to amend, revise, supplement, or delete terms and conditions in a permit under either of the following circumstances: (1) If the board finds that sufficient information is not available to finally determine the terms an…

If property sold for delinquent assessments has not been redeemed and five years have elapsed from the date of its sale, at least 30 days prior to the end of the redemption period the collector shall mail a notice specifying the date of sale and advising that, unless redeemed, a …

Collector’s deeds shall contain all of the following: (a) Date of the sale. (b) Statement that no person redeemed the property during the time allowed for its redemption. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The deed made by the collector may be in substantially the following form, the blanks being filled to show the facts in each case: Collector’s Deed ____ Irrigation District On the ____ day of _____, 19__, the collector of _____ Irrigation District sold to _____ Irrigation Distric…

If a collector’s deed is demanded by an assignee of a certificate of sale, the form of deed shall be amended by striking out the words “the purchaser” and inserting in lieu thereof substantially the following: “____ to whom the certificate of sale has been assigned.” (Added by St…

In case partial redemption has been made, the form of the collector’s deed shall be modified to conform to the facts. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The collector shall receive from the purchaser for the use of the district two dollars ($2.00) for making the deed except when the deed is to the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board may appoint officers other than the engineer, without compensation, as the officer to perform any or all of the duties conferred upon the street superintendent or city engineer in any law referred to in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)

The board may appoint an engineer of work, in which event the duties to be performed by the city engineer as set forth in any law referred to in this chapter shall be performed by the engineer of work, whose compensation and expenses shall constitute an incidental expense in the …

The board may provide that the work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer of work, that the materials used shall comply with his specifications and be to his satisfaction, and that he shall make and sign the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1965, C…

The contract shall be entered into by the engineer, and the assessment and warrant, when confirmed, shall be recorded in the office of the engineer. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)

In case any contract is made with the United States, bonds of the district may be transferred to or deposited with the United States if so provided by the contract, at not less than their par value, to the amount, or any part thereof, to be paid by the district to the United Stat…

The bonds may: (a) Call for the payment of interest not exceeding 6 percent per year. (b) Be of the denomination specified in the contract. (c) Call for the repayment of the principal at such times as specified in the contract. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The contract with the United States may call for the payment of the amount, or any part thereof, to be paid by the district to the United States at specified times, in installments, and with interest not exceeding 6 percent per year. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The board may accept, on behalf of the district, appointment of the district as fiscal agent of the United States or authorization of the district by the United States to make collection of money for and on behalf of the United States and to assume the duties and liabilities inci…

The board as fiscal agent of the United States may do any and all things required by the federal statutes now or hereafter enacted in connection therewith and all things required by any rules or regulations now or hereafter established under any such federal statutes. (Added by S…

The department shall conduct studies and investigations on the availability and quality of wastewater and the uses of reclaimed water for beneficial purposes, including, but not limited to, groundwater recharge, municipal and industrial use, irrigation use, and cooling for therma…

The department shall study and investigate the technology of the reuse of reclaimed water and further the development of the technology of the reclamation of water. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 724, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)

The department may assist local agencies and public utilities providing water service in applying for, and in obtaining approval of, federal and state funding and permits for cost-effective water reclamation projects and shall confer and cooperate with the board during the applic…

The board may determine upon the acquisition of property or the construction of work not contemplated in the report and recommendation, with accompanying plans and specifications, originally adopted. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The same proceedings for the preparation and adoption or rejection of the report and recommendation as to the acquisition of additional property or construction of additional work, and in case of the adoption of the report and recommendation, the levying and collection of the ass…

When assessment commissioners have been appointed and an assessment has been partially or fully completed but has not been approved by the supervisors, and the board finds that the amount to be provided by the assessment is insufficient to pay the outstanding obligations or to pa…

For the purpose of issuing bonds pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, nine improvement districts, the designations and boundaries of which are described as follows, are hereby established upon the authorization of such bonds by the electorate of such district pursuant to t…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) (1) “Groundwater recharge facilities” means land and facilities for artificial groundwater recharge through methods which include, but are not limited to, percolation usi…

(a) There is hereby created in the account the Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Subaccount. The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount. (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of tw…

Any loan contract entered into pursuant to this article may include provisions determined to be necessary by the department. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)

(a) Any loan contract concerning an eligible, voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conservation program shall be supported by, or shall include, all of the following: (1) An estimate of the reasonable cost and benefit of the program. (2) An agreement by the local agency…

(a) Any loan contract concerning an eligible project for groundwater recharge shall be supported by, or shall include, all of the following: (1) A finding by the department that the agency has the ability to repay the requested loan, that the project is economically justified, an…

The department may make loans to local agencies, at the interest rates authorized under this article and under any terms and conditions as may be determined necessary by the department, for the purposes of financing feasibility studies of projects potentially eligible for funding…

Unallocated funds remaining in the subaccount on March 8, 2000, shall be transferred to, and all money repaid to the state pursuant to any loan contract executed under this article shall be deposited in, the Water Conservation Account in the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Wate…

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the department for a grant to a local agency for the development of supplemental water sour…

Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)

(a) There is hereby created in the account the Water and Watershed Education Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Water and Watershed Education Subaccount created by subdivision (a). (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Propositi…

The sum of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

Three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for allocation to California State University, Fresno for the purposes of establishing and furthering the purposes of the California Water …

Two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for the development of a Delta Science Center, including, but not limited to, all of the following components: (a) Public educational oppor…

Three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the University of California, may be used for the purpose of site acquisition, construction, and equipping of a Watershed Science Laboratory, for long-term monitoring and research with …