Title WAT, California Water Code

Upon the refusal or failure of any person or persons recycling water or using recycled water to comply with the provisions of this article, the Attorney General, at the request of the regional board, shall petition the superior court for the issuance of a temporary restraining or…

Any person recycling water or using recycled water in violation of Section 13524, after such violation has been called to his attention in writing by the regional board, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day of such recycling or use shall constitute a separate offense. (Amended by…

Any person who, after such action has been called to his attention in writing by the regional board, uses recycled water for any purpose for which recycling criteria have been established prior to the establishment of water recycling requirements, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ame…

(a) In administering any statewide program of financial assistance for water pollution or water quality control which may be delegated to it pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 13400) of this division, the state board shall give added consideration to water quality con…

This chapter shall not be construed as affecting the powers of the State Department of Public Health. (Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 43. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)

(a) The state board may carry out the duties and authority granted to a regional board pursuant to this chapter. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 191. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014. Section operative July 1, 2014, by …

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The purpose of Section 13529.2 is to establish notification requirements for unauthorized discharges of recycled water to waters of the state. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to p…

(a) Any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits an unauthorized discharge of 50,000 gallons or more of recycled water, as defined in subdivision (c), or 1,000 gallons or more of recycled water, as defined in subdivision (d), in or on any waters of th…

(a) Any person refusing or failing to provide the notice required by Section 13529.2, or as required by a condition of waste discharge requirements requiring notification of unauthorized releases of recycled water as defined in Section 13529.2, may be subject to administrative ci…

In any case where a reservoir has been or shall hereafter under the provisions of this division be constructed, or surveyed, laid out, and proposed to be constructed, for the storage of water for a system, which water is to be used at one or more points under appropriations of wa…

Except as provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 4300), the department, on or before the 15th day of August of each year, shall certify, to the auditor and the board of supervisors of each county having a watermaster service area, or part of a watermaster service area, th…

The auditor shall enter the amounts of the respective apportionments against the respective parcels of land as they appear on the current assessment roll. If any parcel is part of a larger parcel, the auditor may enter the apportionment against the larger parcel. (Repealed and ad…

The board of supervisors of each county in which there lies a watermaster service area or any portion thereof shall annually, and at the time of levying county taxes, levy on the land within the county and within the watermaster service area apportionments sufficient to raise the…

Apportionments levied pursuant to this article shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. So far as applicable, all provisions of law relating to the equalization, levy, payment, and collection of county taxes shall apply to such apportionments an…

All money raised by such apportionments shall be accounted for separately as to each watermaster service area. All such money shall be transmitted by January 1 and July 1 of each year to the department for deposit in the Water Resources Revolving Fund. (Repealed and added by Stat…

For the purpose of the care, operation, management, or improvement of such portions of the project as are in use, including salaries of officers and employees, and all other operating expenses, the board may in lieu (either in part or in whole) of levying assessments as in this c…

Whenever any tolls or charges for the use of the water or for other services rendered by the district provided for by this division have been fixed by the board, they may be made payable in advance. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

In case any tolls or charges remain unpaid for a period of 30 days after they become payable, they become delinquent and a penalty of 10 percent shall be added thereto, and they bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per year. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

After any toll or charge becomes delinquent, the board may file in the office of the county recorder of the county in which is situated the land as to which such tolls or charges are delinquent, a list showing: (a) The names of the owners of the land, if known, and if not known, …

The board may, at any time after any toll or charge provided for in this division has become delinquent, direct that proceedings be not taken to enforce the lien therefor, and in place of such proceedings bring suit in the name of the district against the delinquent to enforce co…

In the suit the district may recover the amount of the toll or charge, together with penalties and interest, and costs of suit. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The department shall make inspections at State expense of all dams in the State completed prior to August 14, 1929. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The department shall require owners to perform at their expense such work or tests as necessary to disclose information sufficient to enable the department to determine whether to issue certificates of approval or to issue orders directing further work at the owner’s expense nece…

If, upon inspection or upon completion to the satisfaction of the department of all work that may be ordered, the department finds that the dam is safe to the full extent for which use is or will be made, a certificate of approval shall be issued. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368…

After the board has made its determination of the matters required to be determined by the resolution of formation, and if the board deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness, the board shall, by a further resolution, call a special election in the revenue improvement d…

The resolution calling the revenue bond election shall be adopted, contain the statement, be published and provide for issuance of the revenue bonds in accordance with Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380 of the Government Code) of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, except as othe…

If the issuance of the revenue bonds is authorized at the election, the board shall provide for their issuance, sale, authentication, form and redemption in the manner provided in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 229.)

It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this article shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, the powers and duties of the revenue improvement district as a local agency under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, except that where this chapter is inconsistent wi…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Municipality” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 79120. (b) “Subaccount” means the Water Recycling Subaccount created by Section 79136.…

There is hereby created in the account the Water Recycling Subaccount. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

(a) The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of this article. (b) (1) Sixty percent of the money in the subaccount shall be allocated to projects in the Counties of Riverside, Ventura, Los Angeles, Sa…

Unallocated funds remaining in the Water Recycling Subaccount in the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account in the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Fund on March 8, 2000, and any funds deposited into that subaccount after that date, shall be transferred to, and all money repai…

The board may enter into an agreement with the federal government for federal contributions to the subaccount if all of the following conditions have been met: (a) The board has identified any required matching funds. (b) The board is prepared to commit to the expenditure of any …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, 50 percent of the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the board for loans to municipalities for the design and construction of water recycling projects in accorda…

The board may enter into agreements with municipalities for loans and grants for projects to recycle water in accordance with this article. Criteria to be considered by the board in determining whether to enter into an agreement under this article may include, but are not limited…

An agreement entered into pursuant to Section 79141 may include those provisions determined by the board to be necessary for the purposes of this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

(a) A contract for a loan made pursuant to this article may not provide for a moratorium on, or the deferment of, the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the loan. (b) Any loan made pursuant to Section 79141 shall be for a period not to exceed 20 years. (c) The board may…

(a) The board may establish the interest rate for a loan made pursuant to this article at a rate equal to 50 percent of the interest rate paid by the state on the most recent sale of state general obligation bonds, to be computed according to the true interest cost method. (b) If…

All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan contracts executed pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the subaccount for the purposes of this article, and shall not be transferred to the General Fund. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in P…

All interest earned by assets in the subaccount shall be deposited in the subaccount. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

The board may make grants to municipalities for facility planning studies for water recycling projects. The amount of the grants may not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per study. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 20…

The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary or desirable to carry out this article, and may prepare recommendations with regard thereto, including the preparation of comprehensive statewide or areawide studies an…

(a) 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. (b) Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used for the purposes of Sec…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the money in the subaccount may not be used to provide financial assistance to any water recycling project used to augment water supplies by discharging recycled water into a surface water reservoir that supplies water directly…

(a) The board may adopt regulations to carry out this article. (b) The board is encouraged to expedite the review and processing of agreements to carry out the purposes of this article. The board shall report to the Legislature on the progress of implementing this article on or b…

All money collected upon sales or otherwise shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the land is situated, and the money, together with all other money collected by the county treasurer shall, within one month after its receipt by the county treasurer, be by h…