Title WAT, California Water Code

(a) If a recycled water producer determines that within 10 years the recycled water producer proposes to provide recycled water for use for state landscape irrigation that meets all of the conditions set forth in Section 13550, the recycled water producer shall so notify the Depa…

In addition to any other authority provided in law, any water supplier described in subdivision (b) of Section 1745 may acquire, store, provide, sell, and deliver recycled water for any beneficial use, including, but not limited to, municipal, industrial, domestic, and irrigation…

(a) On or before December 31, 2009, the department, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall adopt and submit to the California Building Standards Commission regulations to establish a state version of Chapter 16 of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by th…

Applications or petitions for retrofit hydroelectric plants at existing dams, canals, or conduits where the streamflow regime will not be changed and where there will be no significant adverse environmental impacts shall receive expedited processing by the board. The applicant sh…

Applications for hydroelectric powerplants with a generating capacity not to exceed five megawatts, which do not impound water during times of high waterflow to be used to generate power during times of low waterflow, and which will not have any significant adverse environmental …

If any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, municipal corporation, private corporation, association or person has since February 28, 1928, or shall hereafter, advance or expend any sum of money to be applied upon, and in aid of the completion of, any work of n…

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

(a) On or before December 1, 2022, the state board, in consultation with the California Building Standards Commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development, shall adopt regulations for risk-based water quality standards for the onsite treatment and reuse of nonp…

(a) An onsite treated nonpotable water system shall not be installed except under a program established in compliance with subdivision (b) of Section 13558. (b) This section does not apply to untreated graywater systems that are used exclusively for subsurface irrigation that are…

Each certificate of approval issued by the department under this part may contain such terms and conditions as the department may prescribe. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)

The department may revoke any certificate of approval whenever it determines that the dam or reservoir constitutes a danger to life and property. Whenever it deems such action necessary to safeguard life and property, the department may also amend the terms and conditions of any …

The owner of a dam or reservoir for which a certificate of approval has been issued shall not, through action or inaction, cause the dam or reservoir to impound water after the certificate terminates unless a new certificate is issued for the dam or reservoir. A new certificate s…

With respect to each certificate of approval or written consent for use of a dam which has been issued by the department or a predecessor of the department and which is in effect prior to the effective date of this article, the department shall, within one year from such effectiv…

Before any certificate of approval is revoked by the department, the department shall hold a hearing. Written notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be mailed, at least 20 days prior to the date set for the hearing, to the holder of the certificate. Any interested pers…

(a) On and after July 1, 2016, an urban retail water supplier is not eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the state unless the supplier complies with this part. (b) On and after July 1, 2013, an agricultural water supplier is not eligible for a water gran…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds made available by Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code should be expended, consistent with Division 43 (commencing with Section 75001) of the Public Resources Code and upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants to im…

(a) The department or a groundwater sustainability agency may provide technical assistance to entities that extract or use groundwater to promote water conservation and protect groundwater resources. (b) The department may provide technical assistance to any groundwater sustainab…

With the exception of regulations required by Sections 10722.2 and 10733.2, a guideline, criterion, bulletin, or other technical or procedural analysis or guidance prepared by the department as required by this part is not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 …

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Account” means the Colorado River Management Account created pursuant to Section 12561. (b) “California Plan” means the plan being developed by the Color…

There is hereby created the Colorado River Management Account in the General Fund. Moneys in the account are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for use in accordance with this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 760, Sec. 22. Effective September 30, 2008.)

(a) (1) In furtherance of implementing and achieving the goals of the “California Plan,” the sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) in the account shall be used by the director to finance and arrange for lining portions of the All American Canal and the Coachella Branc…

If the contingencies for a transfer to the San Diego County Water Authority of the conserved water under the water transfer agreement entered into by the Imperial Irrigation District and the San Diego County Water Authority on April 29, 1998, have not been satisfied in full prior…

Nothing in the contract anticipated by the memorandum of understanding entered into on August 12, 1998, by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the San Diego County Water Authority shall affect the authority of the Legislature to allocate, by statute, or rea…

The two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) made available to the director pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 12562 may be expended solely for the lining of the All American Canal and the Coachella Branch of the All American Canal and only if all of the following requireme…

For purposes of this chapter, “district” means the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District, the Merced Irrigation District, or the East Contra Costa Irrigation District. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1195, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 1994.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the district, or an improvement district formed within the district pursuant to this division, may do any of the following: (a) Construct, operate, and maintain facilities for the collection, transmission, treatment, and dispo…

This section provides an alternative procedure for forming an improvement district within the district as follows: (a) The district may form one or more improvement districts in the same manner as county service areas form zones pursuant to the County Service Area Law (Chapter 2.…

The Coachella Valley Water District shall have the power to levy and collect water replenishment assessments, as provided in this chapter, for the purpose of replenishing ground water supplies within the district. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 226, Sec. 2.)

As used in this chapter: (a) “Annual” or “year” means a calendar year unless the context indicates a contrary meaning. (b) “District” means the Coachella Valley Water District. (c) “Fiscal year” means the period of July 1 through June 30, inclusive. (d) “Production” or “produce” …

By May 1 of each year the board shall have prepared and presented to it an engineering survey and report concerning the groundwater supplies within the district. The report shall include the condition of the groundwater supplies, the need for replenishment, and recommendations fo…

If the board determines that funds should be raised by a replenishment assessment, it shall call a public hearing, and shall publish notice at least 10 days in advance thereof pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. Notice shall also be mailed by the district to all prod…

The hearing shall be held before the board and a quorum shall be present. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the president. All evidence relevant to the engineering survey and report, the recommendation that a replenishment assessment pursuant to this chapter be le…

Before July 1 of each year, the board may by resolution levy a replenishment assessment upon all water production during the following fiscal year within each area of benefit as determined by the board. The assessment within each area of benefit shall be at a uniform rate per acr…

The amount of any replenishment assessment levied within an area of benefit shall be established at the discretion of the board, except that no assessment shall exceed the sum of the following costs and charges: (a) Those charges imposed under the contract between the district an…

Minimal pumpers may be excluded from the engineering survey and report on water production, and they shall be exempt from any replenishment assessments and reporting provisions under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)

The district, after the levying of any replenishment assessment, shall give notice thereof to all affected producers as disclosed by the records of the district. Such notice shall state the rate of assessment for each acre-foot of production during the fiscal year for which the a…

Except as provided in Section 31636, each producer, on or before the dates when the assessment or installments thereof are due and payable, shall file with the district a sworn statement setting forth the total quantity of water production in acre-feet which is subject to the rep…

Any replenishment assessment levied pursuant to this chapter shall be due and payable to the district at the time or times determined by the district and stated in the notice of levy, and shall accompany the statement required from each producer. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)

If the district has an agreement with any producer whereby the district regularly reads and maintains the water-measuring devices which record the production of such producer, the producer shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 31634.5. In lieu thereof, the district shall…

If any producer subject to a replenishment assessment, after notice has been given pursuant to Section 31634, shall fail to pay a replenishment assessment or installment thereof when due, such producer shall become liable to the district for interest at the rate of 1 percent per …

Should any producer, subject to a replenishment assessment, knowingly fail to file the water-production statement, such producer shall, in addition to interest as provided in Section 31636.5, become liable to the district for a penalty of one hundred fifty dollars ($150). (Added …

If the district has probable cause to believe that the production by any producer is unreported or, if reported, is substantially in excess of that disclosed by the statement filed by such producer, the district shall cause an investigation and report to be made concerning such p…

The district may, in any court having jurisdiction, bring suit against any producer to enjoin any water production in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, and to collect any delinquent replenishment assessments, interest or penalties. The court may award interest, …

It shall be unlawful to produce water from within any area of benefit after one year following the levy of a replenishment assessment within such area, unless the well or other water-producing facility producing such water shall have a water-measuring device affixed thereto which…

This chapter, applicable only to the Coachella Valley Water District, is necessary because of the special and unique problems of imported ground water recharge of ground water basins within such district and the necessity of the payment of part of such expense by a water replenis…

The Madera Water District created pursuant to the Madera Water District Act (Chapter 735 of the Statutes of 1987) is hereby continued as a district under this division. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 300, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)