Title WAT, California Water Code

The county treasurer shall pay to the owner of the property any surplus remaining after the payment to the State Treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, or on request of the state board, to the extent funds are allocated therefor, shall conduct surveys and investigations relating to the reclamation of water from …

An application by the Department of Water Resources, or an application by the Department of Finance prior to July 5, 1956, in aid of any general or coordinated water plan has such priority as is now or may hereafter be provided by law. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

If the owner of the right is a county, municipality, district, political subdivision, public corporation, or state agency, or is public utility as defined in the Public Utilities Code, the department shall, on or before the 15th day of June of each year, serve each such owner nam…

Service on such owners may be made personally, or by mail as provided by Section 1013 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 360.)

Each such owner shall, on or before the 10th day of December of the year in which the apportionment was made, pay to the department the amount apportioned to such owner. Unless payment is made on or before said date, payment shall become delinquent and 10 percent thereof shall be…

If the owner of the right is a county, municipality, district, political subdivision, public corporation, or state agency, the amount apportioned, together with the penalty in case of delinquency, is a legal charge against the general fund thereof or such fund as may be provided …

If the owner of the right is a public utility as defined in the Public Utilities Code, the amount apportioned, together with the penalty in case of delinquency, is a lien against any money of the public utility. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 360.)

At any time after 30 days after any payment due under this article becomes delinquent the department may institute in the name of the people of the State an action to compel payment of the charge against the owner and, in the case of a public utility, to foreclose the lien agains…

Upon receipt of a written complaint alleging that the person or property of the complainant is endangered by the construction, maintenance, or operation of any dam or reservoir the department shall cause an inspection to be made unless the data, records, and inspection reports on…

If the complainant insists upon an inspection and deposits with the department a sum estimated by it to be sufficient to cover costs of an inspection, the department shall cause an inspection to be made despite its finding as to the sufficiency of its records to determine the all…

If it is found that an unsafe condition exists, the department shall take such action as is necessary to render or cause the condition to be rendered safe and any money deposited to secure an inspection shall be returned. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

If, after an inspection is made on account of a complaint, the complaint is found by the department to have been without merit, any money deposited therefor shall be payable into the State Treasury. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish the purposes of a revenue improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 229.)

The board may repay the district for any advance of funds from the proceeds of the sale of revenue bonds authorized for the purposes of the improvement district. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 229.)

The purpose of this article is to provide funding for projects that restore and protect the water quality and environment of coastal waters, estuaries, bays, and near shore waters and groundwaters. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1078, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001. Note: This s…

(a) Sixty percent of the money in the subaccount shall be allocated to projects in the Counties of Riverside, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, or San Bernardino. (b) Forty percent of the money in the subaccount shall be allocated to projects in the counties not described …

The board shall provide opportunity for public review and comment in awarding funds pursuant to this article, and may, in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, adopt regulations to implement this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposit…

No project shall receive funds under this article if it receives funds pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 79110). (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, three million dollars ($3,000,000), upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, shall be allocated by the board to the San Diego County Water Authority for environmental studies and engineering studies for the San Diego…

Not more than 5 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. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Educational institution” means community colleges, state colleges, and the University of California. (b) “Local public agency” means any city, county, city and county, d…

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

The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) 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.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the sum of four million dollars ($4,000,000), upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, shall be allocated by the board to the City of Huntington Beach to fund multiagency studies to establish recommendations to addre…

(a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, may be used by the board, in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, to award loans as provided in subdivision (b), and to award grants not to exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000…

All money collected by any of the county treasurers of the State as assessments of the defunct Sacramento drainage district, and unexpended in the hands of the county treasurers, shall vest in the drainage district, and the county treasurers of the State shall pay the money over …

(a) A person shall not construct, maintain, or use any waste well extending to or into a subterranean water-bearing stratum that is used or intended to be used as, or is suitable for, a source of water supply for domestic purposes. (b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), when a …

As used in this article, “waste well” includes any hole dug or drilled into the ground, used or intended to be used for the disposal of waste. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)

Any municipality, governmental agency, or political subdivision operating waste disposal plants producing disposal water meeting the requirements of the appropriate regional board, and disposing of said water in the San Joaquin River may file an application for a permit to approp…

(a) The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, and any successor thereto, with respect to treated wastewater produced by the sanitation district that meets the requirements of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, as may be amended or modified, and tha…

The procedure set forth in this article for collecting and making available money for watermaster distribution is in lieu of that set forth in the other provisions of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Whenever all the owners of rights to water within any service area, by agreement in writing, shall have organized themselves into an association for the purpose of financing the distribution of the water to which they are entitled and shall have agreed therein as to the apportion…

The statement shall be submitted on or before the first day of September of the year preceding that for which it is made. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 230, Sec. 29. Effective August 16, 2004.)

The association shall pay the total amount apportioned to it to the department on or before the first day of December next succeeding the receipt of the statement. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1411.)

The department shall deposit the money in the Water Resources Revolving Fund to the credit of the amount of the service area affected. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1411.)

The department may refuse to render watermaster service to such service area during any calendar year next succeeding the first day of December of any year during which the association fails to pay the total amount apportioned to it on or before the first day of December of such …

All of the provisions of this chapter relating to the expenses of service areas which are not in conflict with this article shall apply to expenses of service areas under this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

If, at the time of creation of a service area, all the owners have formed an association by agreement in writing and have filed a certified copy of the agreement as provided in this article, the department need not file a certified copy of the order creating the service area or a…

During the construction, enlargement, repair, alteration, or removal of any dam or reservoir the department shall make continuous or periodical inspections at state expense for the purpose of securing conformity with the approved plans and specifications but shall require the own…

If, after any inspections, investigations, or examinations, or at any time as the work progresses, or at any time prior to issuance of a certificate of approval it is found by the department that amendments, modifications, or changes are necessary to insure safety, the department…

If conditions are revealed which will not permit the construction of a safe dam or reservoir the approval may be revoked. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)

In the event that conditions imposed may be waived or made less burdensome without sacrificing a proper margin of safety, the department may authorize an owner to revise the plans and specifications accordingly. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

If at any time during construction, enlargement, repair, or alterations of any dam or reservoir the department finds that the work is not being done in accordance with the provisions of the approval and the approved plans and specifications or in accordance with the approval and …

The notice and order shall state the particulars in which the approval and approved plans and specifications or the approval and approved plans and specifications as revised are not being or have not been complied with and shall order the immediate compliance with the approval an…

The department may order that no further work be done until such compliance has been effected and approved by the department. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)