Title WAT, California Water Code

The state board may approve courses of instruction at higher educational institutions that will qualify operators for each grade of certification. The state board shall also approve courses of instruction given by professional associations, or other private or public agencies tha…

The state board is the state agency which is authorized to represent the state and its local governmental agencies in administering any federal or state funds available for wastewater treatment plant operator training. The state board may provide technical and financial assistanc…

Prior to adopting or amending any regulations or approving any courses for operator training, the state board shall appoint an advisory committee to assist it in carrying out its responsibilities under this chapter. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 420, Sec. 3. Effective J…

The advisory committee appointed pursuant to Section 13631 shall consist of the following: (a) Two persons from a statewide organization representing wastewater treatment plant operators who shall be employed at a wastewater treatment plant as operators. (b) Two persons from stat…

The advisory committee shall review all proposed regulations and make recommendations to the state board prior to adoption of any regulations or amendments thereto. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 420, Sec. 3. Effective July 30, 1985.)

As used in this chapter, “public agency” means any city or district, other than an irrigation district, authorized to distribute water, which is in whole or in part included within the exterior boundaries of an irrigation district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)

Any district may enter into a contract with any public agency which provides in effect as follows: 1. The public agency shall: a. Collect for the district assessments levied by the district against all or part of the lands within the district and shall collect such assessments an…

The water made available by the district to the public agency may be used upon the lands covered by such contract for such irrigation, municipal, domestic or other uses as the district and the public agency may agree upon. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)

Upon the execution of such contract and so long as the contract remains in force and effect, the district shall be relieved of any further obligation to furnish water for use on the lands covered by the contract. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)

Nothing in this chapter authorizes the sale or transfer of any water right nor shall the agreement authorized in Section 26671 be construed or deemed to constitute the sale or transfer of a water right. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)

No right in any water or water right owned by the district or the public agency shall be acquired or lost by the use permitted by this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)

Except as otherwise provided herein the contract between the district and the public agency may include such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the district and the public agency. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)

The provisions of this chapter shall supersede all provisions of this code inconsistent herewith. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)

This chapter shall apply only to the Santa Margarita Water District. For purposes of this chapter, “district” means the Santa Margarita Water District. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1047, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the bylaws of the district, all elections within the district, including elections for director and elections that are required by law to authorize any special taxes or bonded indebtedness, shall be conducted as resident voter electi…

Qualified voters within the district shall be residents of, and registered voters in, the district. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1047, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

All directors elected after January 1, 1994, shall be residents of the district and shall be registered at the time of their election and during their term of office. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1047, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

Directors of the district shall be elected on an at-large basis unless the board of directors determines that directors shall be elected by divisions. The term “by divisions” as used in this chapter means the election of directors by voters of the division alone. (Added by Stats.…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time establish divisions within the district in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If the board of directors decides to establish divisions, all of the following shall apply: (a) The board …

(a) At the first general district election following January 1, 1996, all directors shall be elected. The terms of office of those directors who are in office on January 1, 1996, shall be shortened and shall expire upon the election and qualification of their successors at that f…

This chapter does not in any way invalidate any act of the district, its directors, or its officers and employees made or performed while the district was operating as a landowner voting district. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1047, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

This chapter does not affect any acts or proceedings heretofore taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district in any manner provided by law prior to January 1, 1994, or affect the ability of the district to sell and issue any bond heretofore authoriz…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time alter, repeal, or amend the district’s bylaws by a majority vote. Any alteration, repeal, or amendment to the bylaws shall be recorded with the county recorder of each affected county. (Added by St…

The foregoing provisions of this part shall be applicable to this chapter, so far as adaptable thereto or consistent therewith, and whenever rights to water have been ascertained and determined as specified in Section 4027 the department may elect to proceed under this chapter. (…

Insofar as the foregoing provisions of this part may not be adaptable to or may be inconsistent with the provisions of any decree of court, the department may conform to the requirements of such decree of court and observe the foregoing provisions of this part only insofar as the…

In the event an order or decree of court provides for an allocation among and payment of costs of water distribution by the owners of the rights decreed, the department, in lieu of the procedures provided in the foregoing provisions of this part for allocation and payment of cost…

A certified copy of the order or decree shall be recorded in the county or counties wherein the water is diverted or used and a certified copy filed in the office of the department and such recordation and filing shall constitute constructive notice of the provisions of the order…

Obligations to pay for the respective allocations of cost set forth in the order or decree may be enforced by the department against the respective owners or their successors by execution or as may be otherwise provided in such order or decree. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 657.)

The total sum thus made available shall be subject to expenditure by the department in performing said work, and any money remaining at the end of any year shall be available for use the following year for the respective watermaster district to which credited. (Added by Stats. 19…

Any moneys collected or received by the department for or on account of owners of the rights involved may be placed in a special deposit fund and paid out in accordance with the provisions of the order or decree or as provided for by the agreement between the owners of the rights…

The board shall levy an amendatory assessment in the manner provided for original assessments in Chapter 2 of this part if the original assessment was one levied pursuant to Chapter 2 of this part and any of the following occur: (a) Any land within the district is omitted from an…

In case the assessment to be amended was not one made under Chapter 2 of this part, the board shall cause an amendatory assessment as to such land to be made upon the basis and in the manner in which the assessment to be amended was made. The proceedings for making, levying, and …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a water district, as defined in Section 20200, may serve as an aggregator to facilitate direct transactions within the boundaries of the district in accordance with Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 330) of Part 1 of Division 1 of th…

Territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, contiguous to a district, and not included in any other county drainage district or other district formed for similar purposes, may be annexed, if the additional territory will be benefited by annexation. (Amended by Stats. 1965,…

Any dam which the department finds was not 90 percent constructed on August 14, 1929 shall be subject to the same provisions as a dam commenced after that date. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Construction work on such a dam may proceed, if an application for approval thereof is filed, until an order from the department is received approving the dam or specifying how its construction must be made or altered to render it safe. After receipt of an order directing the con…

Dams found to be 90 per cent or more constructed on August 14, 1929 shall be subject to the same supervision as dams which were completed prior to that date. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Nothing in this division diminishes, or otherwise affects, the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) or the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq.). (Amen…

The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the department for grants for canal lining and related projects necessary to reduce Colorado River water use pursuant to the California Colorado River Water Us…

(a) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the Wildlife Conservation Board for the acquisition, protection, and restoration of land and water resources necessary to meet state obligations for regulat…

The sum of seven hundred twenty-five million dollars ($725,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, for grants or loans for water recycling and advanced treatment technology projects, including all of the following: (a) Water recycling pro…

At least a 50-percent local cost share shall be required for projects funded pursuant to this chapter. That cost share may be suspended or reduced for disadvantaged communities and economically distressed areas. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Propos…

Projects funded pursuant to this chapter shall be selected on a competitive basis, considering all of the following criteria: (a) Water supply reliability improvement. (b) Water quality and ecosystem benefits related to decreased reliance on diversions from the Delta or instream …

For purposes of this chapter, competitive programs shall be implemented consistent with water recycling programs administered pursuant to Sections 79140 and 79141 or consistent with desalination programs administered pursuant to Sections 79545 and 79547.2. (Added by Stats. 2014, …