Title WAT, California Water Code

“Plan” means an urban water management plan prepared pursuant to this part. A plan shall describe and evaluate sources of supply, reasonable and practical efficient uses, reclamation and demand management activities. The components of the plan may vary according to an individual …

“Public agency” means any board, commission, county, city and county, city, regional agency, district, or other public entity. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1009, Sec. 1.)

‛Recycled water” means the reclamation and reuse of wastewater for beneficial use. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 854, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Urban water supplier” means a supplier, either publicly or privately owned, providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually. An urban water supplier includes a supplier or …

“Water shortage contingency plan” means a document that incorporates the provisions detailed in subdivision (a) of Section 10632 and is subsequently adopted by an urban water supplier pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 14, Sec. 22. (SB 606) Effective January 1, …

“Water supply and demand assessment” means a method that looks at current year and one or more dry year supplies and demands for determining water shortage risks, as described in Section 10632.1. (Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 14, Sec. 23. (SB 606) Effective January 1, 2019.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this part: (a) “Adjudication action” means an action filed in the superior or federal district court to determine the rights to extract groundwater from a basin or store water within a bas…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this part: (a) “Groundwater” means all water beneath the surface of the earth within the zone below the water table in which the soil is completely saturated with water, but does not inclu…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this part. (Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 4. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)

“Agricultural water management plan” or “plan” means an agricultural water management plan prepared pursuant to this part. (Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 4. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)

“Agricultural water supplier” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10608.12. (Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 4. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)

“Customer” means a purchaser of water from a water supplier who uses water for agricultural purposes. (Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 4. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)

“Person” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10614. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 15, Sec. 11. (AB 1668) Effective January 1, 2019.)

“Public agency” means any city, county, city and county, special district, or other public entity. (Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 4. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)

“Urban water supplier” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 10617. (Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 4. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)

“Water use efficiency” means the efficient management of water resources for beneficial uses, preventing waste, or accomplishing additional benefits with the same amount of water. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 15, Sec. 12. (AB 1668) Effective January 1, 2019.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this part. (a) “Basin” or “subbasin” means a groundwater basin or subbasin identified and defined in the department’s Bulletin No. 118. (b) “Bulletin No. 118” means the dep…

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta shall include all the lands within the area bounded as follows, and as shown on the attached map prepared by the Department of Water Resources titled “Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta,” dated May 26, 1959: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *…

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Local public agency” means a reclamation district or levee district or other public agency responsible for the maintenance of a nonproject levee as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 12980 or a proj…

(a) The department shall develop and implement a program of flood control projects on Bethel, Bradford, Holland, Hotchkiss, Jersey, Sherman, Twitchell, and Webb Islands, and at other locations in the delta and for the Towns of Thornton and Walnut Grove, and for approximately 12 m…

The department may expend any moneys available to it pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 12300 or any moneys available from other sources of funding appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this part. In addition, the department shall seek a sharing…

(a) The department shall develop a list of areas where flood control work is needed to protect public facilities or provide public benefits. In developing the list, the department shall consult with all appropriate federal, state, and local agencies. The list shall establish a pr…

(a) Guided by the approved priority list developed pursuant to Section 12313, the department shall develop project plans to accomplish the needed flood protection work in cooperation with the local public agency, the public beneficiary, and the Department of Fish and Game. (b) Th…

Projects shall be undertaken and completed in accordance with the approved project plans. Project works may be undertaken by the department or, at the department’s option, by the local public agency pursuant to an agreement with the department. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 28, Sec.…

In addition to any obligations assumed under an agreement with the department and to the extent consistent with that agreement, the local public agency shall do all of the following: (a) Provide construction access to lands or rights-of-way which it owns or maintains for flood co…

(a) The Resources Agency may establish a team of federal, state, and local agencies, and other persons or entities with a stake in finding a solution to the problems of the delta levees, to develop recommendations for the beneficial reuse of dredged material, consistent with acti…

There is in the state government, in the Resources Agency, the Colorado River Board of California. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)

The board consists of eight members appointed by the Governor as provided in this chapter, two of whom shall be public members appointed by the Governor, and the Director of Water Resources and the Director of Fish and Game or their designees. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1027, S…

The governing bodies of the San Diego County Water Authority, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley Water District, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and the Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles sh…

Each member of the board, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for traveling and other expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties. In addition, each member of the board that is neit…

(a) The board shall determine, by majority vote, where to maintain its office and shall hold meetings at that office or elsewhere upon call of the chairman or three members of the board. The board shall not relocate its office more than once within each gubernatorial term. (b) Th…

All of the records of the board or copies of them shall be maintained at its office. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The board shall be subject to the provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 371.)

The board shall adopt such rules or procedure as may be required for the orderly disposition of its business and such regulations as may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this part. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The board shall make such reports and recommendations to the Governor as he requires or as the board deems proper. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the board may hold executive sessions in conjunction with any regular or special meeting and maintain confidential information and records limited to matters concerning interstate claims to the use of Colorado River …

As used in this division: (a) “State board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (b) “Regional board” means any California regional water quality control board for a region as specified in Section 13200. (c) “Person” includes any city, county, district, the state, and t…

As used in this division, “injection well” means any bored, drilled, or driven shaft, dug pit, or hole in the ground into which waste or fluid is discharged, and any associated subsurface appurtenances, and the depth of which is greater than the circumference of the shaft, pit, o…

As used in this chapter, “water district” means any district or other political subdivision, other than a city or county, a primary function of which is the irrigation, reclamation, or drainage of land or the diversion, storage, management, or distribution of water primarily for …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of any water district may, by ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter, provide compensation to members of the governing board, unless any compensation is prohibited by its principal act, in an amount not to exceed…

Reimbursement for expenses of members of a governing board of a water district is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2006.)

In any ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter to increase the amount of compensation which may be received by members of the governing board of a water district above the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per day, the increase may not exceed an amount equal to 5 percent, f…

Any water district described in Section 20201 is authorized to adopt ordinances pursuant to this chapter. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this chapter except following a public hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation pursu…

An ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall become effective 60 days from the date of its final passage. The voters of any water district shall have the right, as provided in this chapter, to petition for referendum on any ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter. (Adde…

If a petition protesting against the adoption of the ordinance is presented to the governing board of the water district prior to the effective date of the ordinance, the ordinance shall be suspended and the governing board shall reconsider the ordinance. If the number of votes c…

If the governing board does not entirely repeal the ordinance against which a petition is filed, the governing board shall submit the ordinance to the voters either at a regular election or a special election called for the purpose. The ordinance shall not become effective unless…