California Code
PART 12 - DRINKING WATER
CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act

ARTICLE 1 - Pure and Safe Drinking Water

Section 116270. - 116270. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 116271. - 116271. (a) The state board succeeds to and is vested...

Section 116275. - 116275. As used in this chapter: (a) “Contaminant” means any...

Section 116276. - 116276. (a) The state board shall establish a program, in...

Section 116280. - 116280. This chapter does not apply to a public water...

Section 116283. - 116283. This chapter shall apply to a food facility that...

Section 116285. - 116285. Before August 6, 1998, this chapter shall not apply...

Section 116286. - 116286. (a) A water district, as defined in subdivision (b),...

Section 116287. - 116287. (a) The department, in implementing subdivision (s) of Section...

Section 116290. - 116290. Before August 6, 1998, in areas where the water...

Section 116293. - 116293. (a) On January 1, 2003, the Office of Environmental...

ARTICLE 2 - Department and Local Responsibilities

Section 116325. - 116325. The department shall be responsible for ensuring that all...

Section 116326. - 116326. In administering programs to fund improvements and expansions of...

Section 116330. - 116330. (a) The department may delegate primary responsibility for the...

Section 116335. - 116335. (a) The public water systems serving the City of...

Section 116340. - 116340. This chapter shall not apply to state small water...

Section 116345. - 116345. (a) The local health officer shall submit a report...

ARTICLE 3 - Operations

Section 116350. - 116350. (a) The department shall administer the provisions of this...

Section 116355. - 116355. (a) Once every five years the state board shall...

Section 116360. - 116360. (a) The department shall take all reasonable measures it...

Section 116361. - 116361. (a) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall...

Section 116365. - 116365. (a) The state board shall adopt primary drinking water...

Section 116365.01. - 116365.01. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or...

Section 116365.02. - 116365.02. (a) The department may adopt, pursuant to subdivision (c)...

Section 116365.03. - 116365.03. The state board may adopt as an emergency regulation,...

Section 116365.2. - 116365.2. (a) In conducting the periodic review and revision of...

Section 116365.5. - 116365.5. (a) The Department of Health Services shall commence the...

Section 116366. - 116366. (a) No public water system, or its customers, shall...

Section 116367.5. - 116367.5. The department shall establish a Research Advisory Committee, which...

Section 116370. - 116370. On or before January 1, 1998, the department shall...

Section 116375. - 116375. The department shall adopt regulations it determines to be...

Section 116376. - 116376. (a) The state board, on or before July 1,...

Section 116377. - 116377. The department may adopt emergency regulations in accordance with...

Section 116378. - 116378. (a) The state board may order a public water...

Section 116380. - 116380. (a) The State Water Resources Control Board shall adopt...

Section 116385. - 116385. (a) Any person operating a public water system shall...

Section 116390. - 116390. (a) No laboratory, other than a laboratory operated by...

Section 116395. - 116395. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 116400. - 116400. If the department determines that a public water system...

Section 116405. - 116405. (a) In counties with a population not exceeding 500,000...

Section 116407. - 116407. (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the state...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Fluoridation of Drinking Water

Section 116409. - 116409. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 116410. - 116410. (a) Each public water system with at least 10,000...

Section 116415. - 116415. (a) (1) A public water system is not required...

ARTICLE 3.6 - Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund

Section 116416. - 116416. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 116417. - 116417. (a) The state board shall build upon its existing...

Section 116418. - 116418. (a) The deputy director may convene a Science Advisory...

Section 116419. - 116419. (a) The panel shall serve at the direction of...

Section 116420. - 116420. (a) If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements...

Section 116421. - 116421. The Legislature finds and declares that the program is...

Section 116422. - 116422. (a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in...

Section 116423. - 116423. (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation....

Section 116424. - 116424. Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation...

ARTICLE 4 - Exemptions and Variances

Section 116425. - 116425. (a) The state board may exempt a public water...

Section 116430. - 116430. (a) The department may grant a variance or variances...

ARTICLE 5 - Public Notification

Section 116450. - 116450. (a) When any primary drinking water standard specified in...

Section 116451. - 116451. If user notification is required pursuant to Section 116450,...

Section 116455. - 116455. (a) A public water system shall comply with the...

Section 116456. - 116456. (a) When establishing or revising a notification level or...

Section 116460. - 116460. No person shall operate a public water system without...

Section 116465. - 116465. Upon formal complaint by the director alleging that additional...

Section 116470. - 116470. (a) As a condition of its operating permit, every...

Section 116475. - 116475. (a) The Emergency Clean Water Grant Fund is hereby...

Section 116480. - 116480. (a) The department shall expend moneys available in the...

Section 116485. - 116485. Any remedial action taken or contracted for by the...

ARTICLE 6 - Enforcement Responsibility

Section 116500. - 116500. This chapter shall be enforced directly by the department...

ARTICLE 7 - Requirements and Compliance

Section 116525. - 116525. (a) No person shall operate a public water system...

Section 116527. - 116527. (a) As used in this section, “water-related improvement” includes,...

Section 116530. - 116530. (a) A public water system shall submit a technical...

Section 116535. - 116535. Upon determination that an application submitted pursuant to this...

Section 116540. - 116540. (a) Following completion of the investigation and satisfaction of...

Section 116545. - 116545. Prior to the issuance of any new, revised, renewed,...

Section 116550. - 116550. (a) No person operating a public water system shall...

Section 116551. - 116551. The state board shall not issue a permit to...

Section 116552. - 116552. The State Water Resources Control Board shall not issue...

Section 116555. - 116555. (a) Any person who owns a public water system...

Section 116555.5. - 116555.5. A public water system shall implement a cross-connection control...

Section 116556. - 116556. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 116555 and its implementing...

Section 116565. - 116565. (a) Each public water system shall submit an annual...

Section 116577. - 116577. (a) Each public water system shall reimburse the state...

Section 116585. - 116585. In a civil court action brought to enforce this...

Section 116590. - 116590. (a) Funds received by the state board pursuant to...

Section 116595. - 116595. (a) A public water system under the jurisdiction of...

ARTICLE 7.5 - MTBE Detection

Section 116610. - 116610. (a) This article shall be known, and may be...

ARTICLE 7.5 - MTBE Detection

Section 116610. - 116610. (a) This article shall be known, and may be...

Section 116612. - 116612. On or before January 1, 1999, the California Drinking...

ARTICLE 8 - Violations

Section 116625. - 116625. (a) The state board, after providing notice to the...

ARTICLE 9 - Remedies

Section 116650. - 116650. (a) If the state board determines that a public...

Section 116655. - 116655. (a) Whenever the state board determines that any person...

Section 116660. - 116660. (a) Any person who operates a public water system...

Section 116665. - 116665. Whenever the department determines that any public water system...

Section 116670. - 116670. Anything done, maintained, or suffered as a result of...

Section 116675. - 116675. Notwithstanding Sections 116340 and 116500, the department shall, after...

Section 116680. - 116680. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It...

Section 116681. - 116681. The following definitions shall apply to this section and...

Section 116682. - 116682. (a) (1) The state board, in circumstances described in...

Section 116684. - 116684. (a) Liability of a consolidated water system, wholesaler, or...

Section 116686. - 116686. (a) (1) To provide an adequate supply of affordable,...

Section 116687. - 116687. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

ARTICLE 10 - Judicial Review

Section 116700. - 116700. (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy...

Section 116701. - 116701. (a) (1) Within 30 days of issuance of an...

ARTICLE 11 - Crimes and Penalties

Section 116725. - 116725. (a) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement...

Section 116730. - 116730. (a) Any person who knowingly does any of the...

Section 116735. - 116735. (a) (1) In order to carry out the purposes...

Section 116740. - 116740. If any person fails to pay an assessment of...

Section 116745. - 116745. The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and...

Section 116750. - 116750. (a) Any person who tampers with a public water...

Section 116751. - 116751. The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall not introduce...

ARTICLE 12 - Board Member Training

Section 116755. - 116755. (a) Each board member of a mutual water company...