California Code
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER
CHAPTER 8 - Water Measurement

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title

Section 500. - 500. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 510. - 510. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 511. - 511. The definition of a word applies to any of...

Section 512. - 512. “Water purveyor” means any person who furnishes water service...

Section 513. - 513. “Person” means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or...

Section 514. - 514. “Public entity” includes a city, county, city and county,...

Section 515. - 515. “Water service” means the sale, lease, rental, furnishing, or...

Section 516. - 516. “Water meter” includes any suitable water measuring device or...

Section 517. - 517. “Submeter” means a device that measures water consumption of...

ARTICLE 3 - Declaration of Policy

Section 520. - 520. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, pursuant to...

Section 521. - 521. The Legislature further finds and declares all of the...

Section 522. - 522. The Legislature further finds and declares that waste or...

Section 523. - 523. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the California...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Metered Service

Section 525. - 525. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every water...

Section 526. - 526. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an urban...

Section 527. - 527. (a) An urban water supplier that is not subject...

Section 528. - 528. Notwithstanding Sections 526 and 527, any water purveyor that...

Section 529. - 529. (a) This article addresses a subject matter of statewide...

Section 529.5. - 529.5. On and after January 1, 2010, any urban water...

Section 529.7. - 529.7. This article does not limit the authority of a...

ARTICLE 4 - Standards

Section 530. - 530. Domestic cold water meters shall be in compliance with...

ARTICLE 4.3 - Agricultural and Urban Water Use Reporting

Section 531. - 531. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

Section 531.2. - 531.2. The department, the board, and the State Department of...

Section 531.5. - 531.5. (a) The board, in collaboration with the department, the...

Section 531.10. - 531.10. (a) (1) An agricultural water supplier shall submit an...

Section 531.15. - 531.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, state agencies...

Section 531.20. - 531.20. To the extent that the provisions of this article...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Irrigated Landscape

Section 535. - 535. (a) A water purveyor shall require as a condition...

ARTICLE 5 - Multiunit Structures

Section 537. - 537. (a) The structures in all of the following categories...

Section 537.1. - 537.1. (a) Each water purveyor that sells, leases, rents, furnishes,...

Section 537.2. - 537.2. (a) A final occupancy permit for a building shall...

Section 537.3. - 537.3. (a) This article does not preclude or preempt an...

Section 537.4. - 537.4. It is the intent of the Legislature that this...

Section 537.5. - 537.5. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2018....