California Code
DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title

Section 116760. - 116760. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Findings of Necessity and Cause for Action

Section 116760.10. - 116760.10. (a) Because the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42...

ARTICLE 3 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Section 116760.20. - 116760.20. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...

Section 116760.30. - 116760.30. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury...

Section 116760.38. - 116760.38. Subject to all applicable constitutional restrictions, a city, county,...

Section 116760.39. - 116760.39. (a) In addition to the actions described in Section...

Section 116760.40. - 116760.40. (a) The board may undertake any of the following...

Section 116760.41. - 116760.41. Moneys in the fund and the special accounts may...

Section 116760.42. - 116760.42. (a) The board may enter into an agreement with...

Section 116760.43. - 116760.43. (a) The board shall implement this chapter pursuant to...

Section 116760.44. - 116760.44. (a) The board may deposit administrative fees and charges...

Section 116760.45. - 116760.45. (a) For purposes of this section “act” means the...

Section 116760.46. - 116760.46. (a) The Safe Drinking Water Small Community Emergency Grant...

ARTICLE 4 - Establishment and Utilization of Priority List for Funding

Section 116760.50. - 116760.50. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project...

ARTICLE 5 - Project Eligibility, Funding, and Contracts

Section 116761.20. - 116761.20. (a) Planning and preliminary engineering studies, project design, and...

Section 116761.40. - 116761.40. (a) The failure or inability of any public water...

ARTICLE 6 - Contracts for Project Funding

Section 116761.50. - 116761.50. (a) The board may enter into financing agreements with...

Section 116761.51. - 116761.51. (a) As a condition of receiving construction financing under...

ARTICLE 7 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Management

Section 116761.62. - 116761.62. (a) To the extent permitted by federal and state...

Section 116761.65. - 116761.65. (a) The board shall establish, and may periodically adjust,...

Section 116761.70. - 116761.70. (a) The Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Administration...

Section 116761.85. - 116761.85. (a) Moneys repaid to the state pursuant to any...

Section 116761.86. - 116761.86. To the extent amounts in the fund are not...

ARTICLE 8 - Source Water Protection Program

Section 116762.60. - 116762.60. (a) The board shall, contingent upon receiving federal capitalization...

CHAPTER 4.6 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water

ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Declarations

Section 116765. - 116765. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

ARTICLE 2 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund

Section 116766. - 116766. (a) The Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund is...

ARTICLE 3 - Definitions

Section 116767. - 116767. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Adequate supply” has...

ARTICLE 4 - Fund Expenditure Plan

Section 116768. - 116768. The purposes of the fund expenditure plan are as...

Section 116768.5. - 116768.5. (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the board...

Section 116769. - 116769. (a) The fund expenditure plan shall contain the following:...

Section 116770. - 116770. The fund expenditure plan may include expenditures for the...

ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 116771. - 116771. (a) The board may undertake any of the following...

Section 116771.5. - 116771.5. (a) This chapter does not expand any obligation of...

ARTICLE 6 - Information on High-Risk Areas

Section 116772. - 116772. (a) (1) By January 1, 2021, the board, in...

CHAPTER 4.7 - Water and Wastewater System Payments Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Section 116773. - 116773. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 116773.2. - 116773.2. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 116773.4. - 116773.4. (a) The California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program...

Section 116773.5. - 116773.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any assistance or relief...

Section 116773.6. - 116773.6. (a) Actions by the state board to implement this...

Section 116773.8. - 116773.8. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025,...

CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control

ARTICLE 1 - Water Softeners

Section 116775. - 116775. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the utilization...

Section 116780. - 116780. (a) Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions in...

Section 116785. - 116785. Except as provided in Section 116786, a residential water...

Section 116786. - 116786. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 116785, a local...

Section 116787. - 116787. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 116786, the Santa...

Section 116790. - 116790. Any water softening appliance in place at a residential...

Section 116795. - 116795. The certification required by this article shall be provided...

ARTICLE 2 - Cross-Connection Control by Water Users

Section 116800. - 116800. Local health officers may maintain programs for the control...

Section 116805. - 116805. (a) Local health officers may maintain programs, in cooperation...

Section 116810. - 116810. To ensure that testing and maintenance of backflow prevention...

Section 116815. - 116815. (a) All pipes installed above or below the ground,...

Section 116820. - 116820. Any person who violates any provision of this article,...

ARTICLE 3 - Water Treatment Devices

Section 116825. - 116825. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall...

Section 116831. - 116831. All regulations adopted pursuant to this article prior to...

Section 116832. - 116832. (a) Commencing January 1, 2014, each manufacturer that offers...

Section 116835. - 116835. (a) A water treatment device for which a health...

Section 116836. - 116836. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a certificate issued by...

Section 116840. - 116840. (a) The department, or any local health officer with...

Section 116845. - 116845. The department shall publish semiannually on its Internet Web...

Section 116850. - 116850. (a) The department shall charge and collect the applicable...

Section 116855. - 116855. This article shall not apply to residential self-regenerating water...

Section 116860. - 116860. There is in the State Treasury the Water Device...

Section 116865. - 116865. The Director of Finance may authorize the department to...

ARTICLE 4 - Lead Materials

Section 116875. - 116875. (a) No person shall use any pipe, pipe or...

Section 116876. - 116876. (a) Commencing January 1, 2023, a person shall not...

Section 116880. - 116880. The department shall adopt building standards to implement Section...

Section 116885. - 116885. (a) By July 1, 2018, a community water system...

Section 116890. - 116890. (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions...

CHAPTER 6 - Discontinuation of Residential Water Service

Section 116900. - 116900. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 116902. - 116902. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions...

Section 116904. - 116904. (a) An urban water supplier not regulated by the...

Section 116906. - 116906. (a) An urban and community water system shall have...

Section 116908. - 116908. (a) (1) (A) An urban and community water system...

Section 116910. - 116910. (a) An urban and community water system shall not...

Section 116912. - 116912. An urban and community water system that discontinues residential...

Section 116914. - 116914. (a) For a residential customer who demonstrates to an...

Section 116916. - 116916. (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant...

Section 116918. - 116918. An urban and community water system shall report the...

Section 116920. - 116920. (a) The Attorney General, at the request of the...

Section 116922. - 116922. All written notices required under this chapter shall be...

Section 116924. - 116924. Where provisions of existing law are duplicative of this...

Section 116926. - 116926. This chapter does not apply to the termination of...

CHAPTER 7 - Water Supply

ARTICLE 1 - Water Supply Provisions

Section 116975. - 116975. No person shall put the carcass of any dead...

Section 116980. - 116980. No person shall put any water closet, privy, cesspool...

Section 116985. - 116985. No person shall allow any water closet, privy, cesspool,...

Section 116990. - 116990. No person shall keep any horses, mules, cattle, swine,...

Section 116995. - 116995. No person shall cause or permit any horses, cattle,...

Section 117000. - 117000. No person shall bathe, except as permitted by law,...

Section 117005. - 117005. Nothing in this article shall be held to prevent...

Section 117010. - 117010. Every person who washes clothes in any spring, stream,...

Section 117015. - 117015. Every person who violates, or refuses or neglects to...

Section 117020. - 117020. No person shall construct, maintain, or use any waste...

Section 117025. - 117025. It is unlawful for the owner, tenant, lessee, or...

Section 117030. - 117030. Violation of this article may be enjoined by any...

Section 117035. - 117035. Anything done, maintained, or suffered, in violation of any...

Section 117040. - 117040. A city, city and county, district or other public...

Section 117045. - 117045. Before the reservoir and its surrounding land are opened...

Section 117050. - 117050. Public fishing shall not be conducted in a reservoir...

Section 117055. - 117055. The department may allow public fishing on any terminal...

Section 117060. - 117060. The public agency owning or operating the reservoir may...

Section 117065. - 117065. The public agency shall cause a copy of the...

Section 117070. - 117070. Any violation of any rule or regulation lawfully made...

Section 117075. - 117075. Sections 117040 to 117070, inclusive, shall not apply to...

ARTICLE 2 - Additional Water Supply Provisions

Section 117080. - 117080. “Governmental agency,” as used in this article, includes a...

Section 117085. - 117085. The board of supervisors of any county wherein is...

Section 117090. - 117090. Upon receipt of the amended permit, if the agency...

Section 117095. - 117095. Nothing herein contained shall permit or require fishing or...

Section 117100. - 117100. The ballot for the election authorized by Section 117090...

Section 117105. - 117105. The governmental agency owning the body of water may...

Section 117110. - 117110. The governmental agency shall cause a copy of the...

Section 117115. - 117115. As far as possible the development and operation of...

Section 117120. - 117120. Any violation of any rule or regulation lawfully made...

Section 117125. - 117125. Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Fish and...

ARTICLE 3 - Punishment or Violations

Section 117130. - 117130. Violation of any provision of this chapter is a...