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Water Code - WAT
DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY

CHAPTER 1 - Policy

Section 13000. - 13000. The Legislature finds and declares that the people of...

Section 13001. - 13001. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 13002. - 13002. No provision of this division or any ruling of...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Short Title

Section 13020. - 13020. This division shall be known and may be cited...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 13050. - 13050. As used in this division: (a) “State board” means...

Section 13051. - 13051. As used in this division, “injection well” means any...

CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control

ARTICLE 1 - State Water Resources Control Board

Section 13100. - 13100. There is in the Resources Agency the State Water...

ARTICLE 3 - State Policy for Water Quality Control

Section 13140. - 13140. The state board shall formulate and adopt state policy...

Section 13141. - 13141. State policy for water quality control adopted or revised...

Section 13142. - 13142. State policy for water quality control shall consist of...

Section 13142.5. - 13142.5. In addition to any other policies established pursuant to...

Section 13143. - 13143. State policy for water quality control shall be periodically...

Section 13144. - 13144. During the process of formulating or revising state policy...

Section 13145. - 13145. The state board shall take into consideration the effect...

Section 13146. - 13146. State offices, departments and boards, in carrying out activities...

Section 13147. - 13147. The state board shall not adopt state policy for...

Section 13148. - 13148. (a) This section applies to the following hydrologic regions...

Section 13149. - 13149. (a) (1) (A) The board, in consultation with the...

Section 13149.2. - 13149.2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

ARTICLE 4 - Other Powers and Duties of the State Board

Section 13160. - 13160. (a) The state board is designated as the state...

Section 13160.1. - 13160.1. (a) The state board may establish a reasonable fee...

Section 13161. - 13161. The state board shall annually determine state needs for...

Section 13162. - 13162. The state board shall administer any statewide program of...

Section 13163. - 13163. (a) The state board shall coordinate water-quality-related investigations of...

Section 13164. - 13164. The state board shall formulate, adopt and revise general...

Section 13165. - 13165. The state board may require any state or local...

Section 13166. - 13166. The state board, with the assistance of the regional...

Section 13167. - 13167. (a) The state board shall implement, with the assistance...

Section 13167.5. - 13167.5. (a) The state board or the regional board, as...

Section 13167.6. - 13167.6. For each meeting agenda notice that the state board...

Section 13168. - 13168. The state board shall allocate to the regional boards...

Section 13169. - 13169. (a) The state board is authorized to develop and...

Section 13170. - 13170. The state board may adopt water quality control plans...

Section 13170.1. - 13170.1. The state board shall consider all relevant management agency...

Section 13170.2. - 13170.2. (a) The state board shall formulate and adopt a...

Section 13170.3. - 13170.3. On or before January 1, 2013, the state board...

Section 13170.5. - 13170.5. Notwithstanding any provision of law, any plan provided in...

Section 13171. - 13171. The state board may establish a Water Quality Coordinating...

Section 13172. - 13172. To ensure adequate protection of water quality and statewide...

Section 13172.5. - 13172.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the use of...

Section 13173. - 13173. “Designated waste” means either of the following: (a) Hazardous...

Section 13173.2. - 13173.2. The state board, after consultation with the California Integrated...

Section 13176. - 13176. (a) (1) The analysis of any material required by...

Section 13177. - 13177. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 13177.5. - 13177.5. (a) The state board, in consultation with the Office...

Section 13177.6. - 13177.6. To the extent funding is appropriated for this purpose,...

Section 13177.7. - 13177.7. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 12439 of the Government Code,...

Section 13178. - 13178. (a) The state board, in conjunction with the State...

Section 13181. - 13181. (a) (1) On or before December 1, 2007, the...

Section 13182. - 13182. (a) To protect water quality and public health from...

Section 13191. - 13191. The state board shall convene an advisory group or...

Section 13191.3. - 13191.3. (a) The state board, on or before July 1,...

Section 13193. - 13193. (a) As used in this section, the following terms...

Section 13193.5. - 13193.5. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the State...

Section 13193.9. - 13193.9. (a) The state board, to the extent permitted by...

Section 13194. - 13194. (a) (1) Subject to appropriation by the Legislature, the...

ARTICLE 5 - Electronic Submission of Reports

Section 13195. - 13195. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 13196. - 13196. (a) The state board may require a person submitting...

Section 13197.5. - 13197.5. (a) The state board shall adopt, not later than...

ARTICLE 6 - Drought Relief

Section 13198. - 13198. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 13198.2. - 13198.2. (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget...

Section 13198.4. - 13198.4. (a) This section applies and is subject to an...

Section 13198.6. - 13198.6. (a) This article does not limit, alter, or expand...

Section 13198.8. - 13198.8. This article shall remain in effect only until January...

CHAPTER 4 - Regional Water Quality Control

ARTICLE 1 - Organization and Membership of Regional Boards

Section 13200. - 13200. The state is divided, for the purpose of this...

Section 13201. - 13201. (a) There is a regional board for each of...

Section 13202. - 13202. (a) Each member of a regional board shall be...

Section 13203. - 13203. The official designation of each regional board shall be:...

Section 13204. - 13204. Each regional board shall hold at least six regular...

Section 13205. - 13205. Each member of a regional board shall receive two...

Section 13206. - 13206. Public officers associated with any area of government, including...

Section 13207. - 13207. (a) A member of a regional board shall not...

Section 13208. - 13208. (a) No regional board executive officer may make, participate...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards

Section 13220. - 13220. Each regional board shall do all of the following:...

Section 13221. - 13221. Members of the regional board shall be empowered to...

Section 13222. - 13222. Pursuant to such guidelines as the state board may...

Section 13223. - 13223. (a) Each regional board may delegate any of its...

Section 13224. - 13224. Each regional board may issue policy statements relating to...

Section 13225. - 13225. Each regional board, with respect to its region, shall...

Section 13226. - 13226. Consistent with classifications adopted by the state board pursuant...

Section 13227. - 13227. (a) Each regional board, with respect to its region,...

Section 13228. - 13228. (a) Concerning any matter that may be submitted to...

Section 13228.14. - 13228.14. (a) Any hearing or investigation by a regional board...

Section 13228.15. - 13228.15. The members of a regional board, or their designees,...

ARTICLE 3 - Regional Water Quality Control Plans

Section 13240. - 13240. Each regional board shall formulate and adopt water quality...

Section 13241. - 13241. Each regional board shall establish such water quality objectives...

Section 13242. - 13242. The program of implementation for achieving water quality objectives...

Section 13243. - 13243. A regional board, in a water quality control plan...

Section 13244. - 13244. The regional boards shall not adopt any water quality...

Section 13245. - 13245. A water quality control plan, or a revision thereof...

Section 13245.5. - 13245.5. Guidelines adopted by a regional board shall not become...

Section 13246. - 13246. (a) The state board shall act upon any water...

Section 13247. - 13247. State offices, departments, and boards, in carrying out activities...

Section 13248. - 13248. (a) At any time, the state board may, on...

Section 13249. - 13249. The state board may, on behalf of itself or...

ARTICLE 4 - Waste Discharge Requirements

Section 13260. - 13260. (a) Each of the following persons shall file with...

Section 13260.2. - 13260.2. (a) The state board shall establish a fee in...

Section 13260.3. - 13260.3. On or before January 1 of each year, the...

Section 13261. - 13261. (a) A person who fails to furnish a report...

Section 13262. - 13262. The Attorney General, at the request of the regional...

Section 13263. - 13263. (a) The regional board, after any necessary hearing, shall...

Section 13263.1. - 13263.1. Before a regional board issues or revises waste discharge...

Section 13263.2. - 13263.2. The owner or operator of a facility that treats...

Section 13263.2. - 13263.2. The owner or operator of a facility that treats...

Section 13263.3. - 13263.3. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that pollution prevention...

Section 13263.3. - 13263.3. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that pollution prevention...

Section 13263.5. - 13263.5. (a) When the regional board issues waste discharge requirements...

Section 13263.6. - 13263.6. (a) A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) may require...

Section 13263.6. - 13263.6. (a) The regional board shall prescribe effluent limitations as...

Section 13263.7. - 13263.7. (a) Compliance with effluent limitations and any other permit...

Section 13264. - 13264. (a) No person shall initiate any new discharge of...

Section 13265. - 13265. (a) Any person discharging waste in violation of Section...

Section 13266. - 13266. Pursuant to such regulations as the regional board may...

Section 13267. - 13267. (a) A regional board, in establishing or reviewing any...

Section 13267.5. - 13267.5. (a) In conducting an investigation pursuant to Section 13267...

Section 13268. - 13268. (a) (1) Any person failing or refusing to furnish...

Section 13269. - 13269. (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2000, the...

Section 13270. - 13270. Where a public agency as defined in subdivision (b)...

Section 13271. - 13271. (a) (1) Except as provided by subdivision (b), any...

Section 13272. - 13272. (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), any person...

Section 13272.1. - 13272.1. Each regional board shall publish and distribute on a...

Section 13273. - 13273. (a) The state board shall, on or before January...

Section 13273.1. - 13273.1. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an operator...

Section 13273.2. - 13273.2. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 13273.1, a regional board...

Section 13273.3. - 13273.3. As used in Sections 13273, 13273.1, and 13273.2, “operator”...

Section 13273.5. - 13273.5. Notwithstanding Section 13273, a small city which operates a...

Section 13274. - 13274. (a) (1) The state board or a regional board,...

Section 13275. - 13275. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a public water system...

Section 13275. - 13275. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a public water system...

Section 13276. - 13276. (a) The multiagency task force, the Department of Fish...

ARTICLE 5 - Individual Disposal Systems

Section 13280. - 13280. A determination that discharge of waste from existing or...

Section 13281. - 13281. (a) In making a determination pursuant to Section 13280,...

Section 13282. - 13282. (a) If it appears that adequate protection of water...

Section 13283. - 13283. In reviewing any determination that discharge of waste from...

Section 13284. - 13284. The state board may adopt guidelines, regulations, or policies...

Section 13285. - 13285. (a) A discharge from a storage tank, pipeline, or...

Section 13286. - 13286. (a) On and after January 1, 2012, the appropriate...

Section 13286.9. - 13286.9. On and after the date determined by the Santa...

CHAPTER 4.1 - Ex Parte Communications

Section 13287. - 13287. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Board”...

CHAPTER 4.3 - Sewer Service

Section 13288. - 13288. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 13289. - 13289. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (4), where...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems

Section 13290. - 13290. For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Local agency”...

Section 13291. - 13291. (a) On or before January 1, 2004, the state...

Section 13291.5. - 13291.5. It is the intent of the Legislature to assist...

Section 13291.7. - 13291.7. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit...

CHAPTER 4.7 - Fairness and Due Process

Section 13292. - 13292. (a) It is the responsibility of the state board...

CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement and Implementation

ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Enforcement and Remedies

Section 13300. - 13300. Whenever a regional board finds that a discharge of...

Section 13301. - 13301. When a regional board finds that a discharge of...

Section 13301.1. - 13301.1. The regional board shall render to persons against whom...

Section 13303. - 13303. Cease and desist orders of the board shall become...

Section 13304. - 13304. (a) A person who has discharged or discharges waste...

Section 13304.1. - 13304.1. (a) A groundwater cleanup system that commences operation on...

Section 13304.2. - 13304.2. (a) For purposes of this section, “brownfield site” means...

Section 13305. - 13305. (a) Upon determining that a condition of pollution or...

Section 13306. - 13306. A majority vote of the entire membership of a...

Section 13307. - 13307. (a) The state board and the Department of Toxic...

Section 13307. - 13307. (a) The state board and the Department of Toxic...

Section 13307.1. - 13307.1. (a) The state board and the regional boards shall...

Section 13307.5. - 13307.5. (a) The regional board shall take all of the...

Section 13307.6. - 13307.6. (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 13307.5,...

Section 13308. - 13308. (a) If the regional board determines there is a...

ARTICLE 2 - Administrative Review by the State Board

Section 13320. - 13320. (a) Within 30 days of any action or failure...

Section 13321. - 13321. (a) (1) In the case of a review by...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Administrative Civil Liability

Section 13323. - 13323. (a) Any executive officer of a regional board may...

Section 13326. - 13326. No person shall be subject to both civil liability...

Section 13327. - 13327. In determining the amount of civil liability, the regional...

Section 13328. - 13328. After the time for judicial review under Section 13330...

ARTICLE 3 - Judicial Review and Enforcement

Section 13330. - 13330. (a) Not later than 30 days from the date...

Section 13331. - 13331. (a) Upon the failure of any person or persons...

ARTICLE 4 - Summary Judicial Abatement

Section 13340. - 13340. Whenever a regional board finds that a discharge of...

ARTICLE 5 - Civil Monetary Remedies

Section 13350. - 13350. (a) A person who (1) violates a cease and...

Section 13351. - 13351. In determining the amount of civil liability to be...

ARTICLE 6 - General Provisions Relating to Enforcement and Review

Section 13360. - 13360. (a) No waste discharge requirement or other order of...

Section 13361. - 13361. (a) Every civil action brought under the provisions of...

Section 13362. - 13362. A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) with an approved...

Section 13362. - 13362. (a) A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) with an...

ARTICLE 7 - Hazardous Substance Removal and Remedial Action Charges

Section 13365. - 13365. (a) (1) For purposes of this article, unless the...

Section 13365. - 13365. (a) (1) For purposes of this article, unless the...

CHAPTER 5.2 - Preproduction Plastic Debris Program

Section 13367. - 13367. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “preproduction plastic” includes...

CHAPTER 5.4 - Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program

Section 13369. - 13369. (a) The state board, in consultation with the regional...

CHAPTER 5.5 - Compliance With the Provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as Amended in 1972

Section 13370. - 13370. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The...

Section 13370.5. - 13370.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, since the...

Section 13372. - 13372. (a) This chapter shall be construed to ensure consistency...

Section 13373. - 13373. The terms “navigable waters,” “administrator,” “pollutants,” “biological monitoring,” “discharge”...

Section 13374. - 13374. The term “waste discharge requirements” as referred to in...

Section 13375. - 13375. The discharge of any radiological, chemical, or biological warfare...

Section 13376. - 13376. A person who discharges pollutants or proposes to discharge...

Section 13377. - 13377. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the state...

Section 13378. - 13378. Waste discharge requirements and dredged or fill material permits...

Section 13380. - 13380. Any waste discharge requirements or dredged or fill material...

Section 13381. - 13381. Waste discharge requirements or dredged or fill material permits...

Section 13382. - 13382. Waste discharge requirements shall be adopted to control the...

Section 13382.5. - 13382.5. Waste discharge requirements shall be adopted to permit the...

Section 13383. - 13383. (a) The state board or a regional board may...

Section 13383.5. - 13383.5. (a) As used in this section, “regulated municipalities and...

Section 13383.6. - 13383.6. On and after January 1, 2007, if a regional...

Section 13383.7. - 13383.7. (a) No later than July 1, 2009, and after...

Section 13383.8. - 13383.8. (a) The state board shall appoint a stormwater management...

Section 13383.9. - 13383.9. The state board shall establish an online resource center...

Section 13383.10. - 13383.10. (a) On or before April 1, 2020, the state...

Section 13384. - 13384. The state board or the regional boards shall ensure...

Section 13385. - 13385. (a) A person who violates any of the following...

Section 13385.1. - 13385.1. (a) (1) For the purposes of subdivision (h) of...

Section 13385.2. - 13385.2. (a) Prior to the state board or regional board...

Section 13385.3. - 13385.3. (a) The amendments made to subdivision (k) of Section...

Section 13386. - 13386. Upon any threatened or continuing violation of any of...

Section 13387. - 13387. (a) Any person who knowingly or negligently does any...

Section 13388. - 13388. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division or...

Section 13389. - 13389. Neither the state board nor the regional boards shall...

CHAPTER 5.6 - Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup

Section 13390. - 13390. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 13391. - 13391. (a) The state board shall formulate and adopt a...

Section 13391.5. - 13391.5. The definitions in this section govern the construction of...

Section 13392. - 13392. The state board and the regional boards, in consultation...

Section 13392.5. - 13392.5. (a) Each regional board that has regulatory authority for...

Section 13392.6. - 13392.6. (a) On or before July 1, 1991, the state...

Section 13393. - 13393. (a) The state board shall adopt sediment quality objectives...

Section 13393.5. - 13393.5. On or before January 30, 1994, the state board,...

Section 13394. - 13394. On or before January 1, 1998, each regional board...

Section 13394.5. - 13394.5. The state board, as part of the annual budget...

Section 13394.6. - 13394.6. (a) The state board shall establish an advisory committee...

Section 13395. - 13395. Each regional board shall, within 120 days from the...

Section 13395.5. - 13395.5. The state board may enter into contracts and other...

Section 13396. - 13396. No person shall dredge or otherwise disturb a toxic...

Section 13396.6. - 13396.6. No fees may be imposed pursuant to Section 13396.5...

Section 13396.7. - 13396.7. (a) The state board, in consultation with the State...

Section 13396.9. - 13396.9. (a) The California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles...

CHAPTER 5.7 - Drainage From Abandoned Mines

Section 13397. - 13397. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 13397.5. - 13397.5. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern...

Section 13398. - 13398. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a remediating...

Section 13398.3. - 13398.3. The remediation plan to be submitted by a remediating...

Section 13398.5. - 13398.5. The oversight agency shall do all of the following:...

Section 13398.7. - 13398.7. (a) The oversight agency may approve the remediation plan...

Section 13398.9. - 13398.9. (a) This chapter has no effect on the tort...

CHAPTER 5.8 - Minor Violations

Section 13399. - 13399. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 13399.1. - 13399.1. For purposes of this chapter, “notice to comply” means...

Section 13399.2. - 13399.2. (a) An authorized representative of the state board or...

Section 13399.3. - 13399.3. On or before January 1, 2000, the state board...

CHAPTER 5.9 - The Storm Water Enforcement Act of 1998

Section 13399.25. - 13399.25. This chapter supplements, and does not supplant, other laws...

Section 13399.27. - 13399.27. On or before December 31, the state board, after...

Section 13399.30. - 13399.30. (a) (1) Each year the regional boards shall undertake...

Section 13399.31. - 13399.31. (a) Each year the regional board shall conduct a...

Section 13399.33. - 13399.33. Except as provided in Section 13399.35, the regional board...

Section 13399.35. - 13399.35. (a) The regional board may allow a person to...

Section 13399.37. - 13399.37. (a) The money generated from the imposition of liability...

Section 13399.41. - 13399.41. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropriate state agencies,...

Section 13399.43. - 13399.43. For the purposes of this chapter, “NPDES permit” means...

CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance

ARTICLE 1 - State Water Quality Control Fund

Section 13400. - 13400. As used in this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from...

Section 13401. - 13401. (a) The State Water Quality Control Fund is continued...

ARTICLE 2 - Loans to Local Agencies

Section 13410. - 13410. Applications for construction loans under this chapter shall include:...

Section 13411. - 13411. Upon a determination by the state board, after consultation...

Section 13412. - 13412. No loan shall be made to a public agency...

Section 13413. - 13413. It is the policy of this state that, in...

Section 13414. - 13414. All money received in repayment of loans under this...

Section 13415. - 13415. (a) Loans may be made by the state board...

Section 13416. - 13416. Before a public agency may enter into a contract...

Section 13417. - 13417. The election shall be held in accordance with the...

Section 13418. - 13418. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Guarantees for Local Agency Bonds

Section 13425. - 13425. Applications for guarantees for local agency bonds under this...

Section 13426. - 13426. The state board, subject to approval by the Director...

Section 13427. - 13427. No guarantee shall be extended to any applicant unless...

Section 13428. - 13428. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money...

Section 13429. - 13429. Money in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund not...

Section 13430. - 13430. The state board’s authorization to guarantee bonds under this...

Section 13431. - 13431. Under no circumstances shall the amount paid out as...

Section 13432. - 13432. The state board may charge an annual fee not...

Section 13433. - 13433. The state board shall, by regulation, prescribe rules and...

ARTICLE 3 - State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account

Section 13440. - 13440. There is in the State Water Quality Control Fund...

Section 13441. - 13441. (a) There is to be paid into the account...

Section 13441.5. - 13441.5. The State Treasurer, when requested by the state board...

Section 13442. - 13442. (a) Upon application by an eligible entity, as described...

Section 13442.5. - 13442.5. (a) Upon application by an eligible entity, as described...

Section 13443. - 13443. Upon application by a regional board that is attempting...

CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986

Section 13450. - 13450. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 13451. - 13451. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 13452. - 13452. As used in this chapter, and for purposes of...

Section 13453. - 13453. There is hereby created the 1986 Water Conservation and...

Section 13454. - 13454. (a) There is a Water Conservation and Water Quality...

Section 13455. - 13455. (a) The committee may create a debt or debts,...

Section 13456. - 13456. All bonds which have been duly sold and delivered...

Section 13457. - 13457. The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for...

Section 13458. - 13458. (a) The sum of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) of...

Section 13459. - 13459. (a) The sum of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) of...

Section 13459.5. - 13459.5. Unallocated money remaining in the Agricultural Drainage Water Account...

Section 13460. - 13460. Money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision...

Section 13461. - 13461. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for...

Section 13462. - 13462. For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the...

Section 13462.5. - 13462.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or...

Section 13463. - 13463. Upon request of the department or the board, the...

Section 13464. - 13464. The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all,...

Section 13465. - 13465. Notwithstanding Sections 13458 and 13459, the committee may prescribe...

Section 13466. - 13466. For the 1987–88 fiscal year and each year thereafter,...

Section 13467. - 13467. Notwithstanding any other law, thirteen million five hundred thousand...

Section 13468. - 13468. It is the intent of language in Section 13998.8(i)(3),...

Section 13469. - 13469. If any provision of this chapter or the application...

CHAPTER 6.5 - State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund

Section 13475. - 13475. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that since...

Section 13476. - 13476. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...

Section 13477. - 13477. The State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund is hereby...

Section 13477.5. - 13477.5. (a) The State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Administration...

Section 13477.6. - 13477.6. (a) The State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Small...

Section 13478. - 13478. (a) The board may undertake any of the following:...

Section 13479. - 13479. (a) The board may enter into an agreement with...

Section 13480. - 13480. (a) Moneys in the fund shall be used only...

Section 13481. - 13481. The fund shall be used to provide financial assistance...

Section 13481.5. - 13481.5. The board, for the purposes of administering the fund,...

Section 13481.6. - 13481.6. (a) As a condition of receiving financial assistance under...

Section 13481.7. - 13481.7. Subject to all applicable constitutional restrictions, a municipality may...

Section 13482. - 13482. (a) In accordance with the Clean Water Bond Law...

Section 13483. - 13483. (a) To the extent permitted by federal and state...

Section 13485. - 13485. (a) The board may adopt rules and regulations necessary...

CHAPTER 6.6 - Water and Wastewater Loan and Grant Program

Section 13486. - 13486. (a) To the extent that funding is made available,...

Section 13486.5. - 13486.5. (a) As used in this chapter: (1) “Qualified nonprofit...

Section 13487. - 13487. (a) To fund the program authorized in this chapter,...

Section 13487.5. - 13487.5. (a) A county or qualified nonprofit organization may apply...

Section 13488. - 13488. (a) An eligible applicant for a loan shall meet...

Section 13489. - 13489. (a) An eligible applicant for a grant shall meet...

CHAPTER 6.7 - Cost Recovery, Enforcement, and Administration

Section 13490. - 13490. The purpose of this chapter is to consolidate administrative...

Section 13491. - 13491. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 13492. - 13492. (a) The state board may recover any costs incurred...

Section 13493. - 13493. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and...

Section 13494. - 13494. Upon motion and sufficient showing by any party, the...

Section 13495. - 13495. The standard of liability for any costs recoverable pursuant...

Section 13496. - 13496. (a) A recipient’s indemnification, hold harmless, conveyance, or similar...

Section 13497. - 13497. (a) Any person, including a recipient, recipient’s contractor, consultant,...

Section 13498. - 13498. (a) A recipient or a recipient’s consultant or contractor...

Section 13499. - 13499. (a) A person who makes a misrepresentation in any...

Section 13499.2. - 13499.2. (a) A person who knowingly makes or causes to...

Section 13499.4. - 13499.4. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), remedies under...

CHAPTER 7 - Water Reclamation

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title

Section 13500. - 13500. This chapter shall be known as and may be...

ARTICLE 2 - Declaration of Policy

Section 13510. - 13510. It is hereby declared that the people of the...

Section 13511. - 13511. The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial portion...

Section 13512. - 13512. It is the intention of the Legislature that the...

ARTICLE 3 - State Assistance

Section 13515. - 13515. In order to implement the policy declarations of this...

ARTICLE 4 - Regulation of Reclamation

Section 13520. - 13520. As used in this article “recycling criteria” are the...

Section 13521. - 13521. The State Department of Public Health shall establish uniform...

Section 13521.1. - 13521.1. (a) By December 31, 2016, the state board, in...

Section 13521.2. - 13521.2. (a) On or before January 1, 2023, the state...

Section 13522. - 13522. (a) If the State Department of Public Health or...

Section 13522.5. - 13522.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), any person...

Section 13522.6. - 13522.6. Any person failing to furnish a report under Section...

Section 13522.7. - 13522.7. The Attorney General, at the request of the regional...

Section 13523. - 13523. (a) Each regional board, after consulting with and receiving...

Section 13523.1. - 13523.1. (a) Each regional board, after consulting with, and receiving...

Section 13523.5. - 13523.5. A regional board may not deny issuance of water...

Section 13524. - 13524. No person shall recycle water or use recycled water...

Section 13525. - 13525. Upon the refusal or failure of any person or...

Section 13525.5. - 13525.5. Any person recycling water or using recycled water in...

Section 13526. - 13526. Any person who, after such action has been called...

Section 13527. - 13527. (a) In administering any statewide program of financial assistance...

Section 13528. - 13528. This chapter shall not be construed as affecting the...

Section 13528.5. - 13528.5. (a) The state board may carry out the duties...

Section 13529. - 13529. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 13529.2. - 13529.2. (a) Any person who , without regard to intent...

Section 13529.4. - 13529.4. (a) Any person refusing or failing to provide the...

ARTICLE 5 - Surveys and Investigations

Section 13530. - 13530. The department, either independently or in cooperation with any...

ARTICLE 6 - Waste Well Regulation

Section 13540. - 13540. (a) A person shall not construct, maintain, or use...

Section 13541. - 13541. As used in this article, “waste well” includes any...

ARTICLE 7 - Water Reuse

Section 13550. - 13550. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 13551. - 13551. A person or public agency, including a state agency,...

Section 13552. - 13552. The amendments to Sections 13550 and 13551 of the...

Section 13552.2. - 13552.2. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 13552.4. - 13552.4. (a) Any public agency, including a state agency, city,...

Section 13552.5. - 13552.5. (a) (1) On or before July 31, 2009, the...

Section 13552.6. - 13552.6. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 13552.8. - 13552.8. (a) Any public agency, including a state agency, city,...

Section 13553. - 13553. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 13553.1. - 13553.1. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that certain...

Section 13554. - 13554. (a) Any public agency, including a state agency, city,...

Section 13554.2. - 13554.2. (a) Any person or entity proposing the use of...

Section 13554.3. - 13554.3. The State Water Resources Control Board may establish a...

Section 13555.2. - 13555.2. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that many local...

Section 13555.3. - 13555.3. (a) Water delivery systems on private property that could...

Section 13555.5. - 13555.5. (a) If a recycled water producer determines that within...

Section 13556. - 13556. In addition to any other authority provided in law,...

Section 13557. - 13557. (a) On or before December 31, 2009, the department,...

ARTICLE 8 - Water Quality Criteria for Onsite Treated Nonpotable Water Systems

Section 13558. - 13558. (a) On or before December 1, 2022, the state...

Section 13558.1. - 13558.1. (a) An onsite treated nonpotable water system shall not...

CHAPTER 7.3 - Potable Reuse

Section 13560. - 13560. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) In...

Section 13560.5. - 13560.5. The Legislature finds and declares that on or before...

Section 13561. - 13561. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 13561.2. - 13561.2. (a) On or before December 31, 2023, the state...

Section 13561.5. - 13561.5. The state board shall enter into an agreement with...

Section 13562. - 13562. (a) (1) On or before December 31, 2013, the...

Section 13562.5. - 13562.5. Notwithstanding any other law, no later than June 30,...

Section 13563. - 13563. (a) (1) On or before December 31, 2016, the...

Section 13564. - 13564. In developing uniform water recycling criteria for surface water...

Section 13565. - 13565. (a) (1) On or before February 15, 2014, the...

Section 13566. - 13566. In performing its investigation of the feasibility of developing...

Section 13567. - 13567. An action authorized pursuant to this chapter shall be...

Section 13569. - 13569. The department may accept funds from nonstate sources and...

Section 13570. - 13570. (a) As used in this section, “advanced purified demonstration...

CHAPTER 7.5 - Water Recycling Act of 1991

Section 13575. - 13575. (a) This chapter shall be known and may be...

Section 13576. - 13576. The Legislature hereby makes the following findings and declarations:...

Section 13577. - 13577. This chapter establishes a statewide goal to recycle a...

Section 13578. - 13578. (a) In order to achieve the statewide goal for...

Section 13579. - 13579. (a) In order to achieve the goals established in...

Section 13580. - 13580. (a) A retail water supplier that has identified a...

Section 13580.5. - 13580.5. (a) (1) Subject to subdivision (e) of Section 13580.7,...

Section 13580.7. - 13580.7. (a) This section applies only to a retail water...

Section 13580.8. - 13580.8. (a) This section applies only to a retail water...

Section 13580.9. - 13580.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as otherwise...

Section 13581. - 13581. (a) If there is a failure to agree on...

Section 13581.2. - 13581.2. If the retail water supplier is regulated by the...

Section 13582. - 13582. This chapter is not intended to alter either of...

Section 13583. - 13583. (a) If a retail water supplier that is a...

CHAPTER 8 - Federal Assistance for Treatment Facilities

Section 13600. - 13600. The state board shall administer any program of financial...

Section 13601. - 13601. The state board, in cooperation with the regional boards,...

Section 13602. - 13602. The state board shall make no commitment or enter...

Section 13603. - 13603. The Governor may request the funds required to finance...

Section 13604. - 13604. The state board shall review and approve each waste...

Section 13605. - 13605. For the purpose of reviewing applications for grants made...

Section 13606. - 13606. If an application states that the applicant is not...

Section 13607. - 13607. All money appropriated by the Legislature for the state’s...

Section 13608. - 13608. After the effective date of the amendment of this...

Section 13609. - 13609. The money in the State Clean Water Grants Administration...

CHAPTER 8.5 - Perchlorate

Section 13610. - 13610. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

Section 13610.5. - 13610.5. This chapter does not apply to the following: (a)...

Section 13611. - 13611. (a) The notification required by Section 13611.5 does not...

Section 13611.5. - 13611.5. (a) On or before January 1, 2005, and annually...

Section 13611.5. - 13611.5. (a) On or before January 1, 2005, and annually...

Section 13612. - 13612. (a) The state board shall publish and make available...

Section 13613. - 13613. Upon notification from the Secretary for Environmental Protection that...

CHAPTER 9 - Waste Water Treatment Plant Classification and Operator Certification

Section 13625. - 13625. As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise...

Section 13625.1. - 13625.1. (a) The state board may exempt from the requirements...

Section 13626. - 13626. The state board shall classify types of wastewater treatment...

Section 13627. - 13627. (a) Except as provided in Section 13625.1 and subdivision...

Section 13627.1. - 13627.1. (a) Any person who commits either of the following...

Section 13627.2. - 13627.2. Any person who submits to the state board false...

Section 13627.3. - 13627.3. (a) Any person or entity that contracts with the...

Section 13627.4. - 13627.4. (a) The state board may administratively impose the civil...

Section 13627.6. - 13627.6. The state board, by regulation, shall prescribe the procedures...

Section 13628. - 13628. (a) Wastewater certificates issued or renewed pursuant to this...

Section 13628.5. - 13628.5. (a) The Wastewater Operator Certification Fund is hereby created...

Section 13629. - 13629. The state board may approve courses of instruction at...

Section 13630. - 13630. The state board is the state agency which is...

Section 13631. - 13631. Prior to adopting or amending any regulations or approving...

Section 13632. - 13632. The advisory committee appointed pursuant to Section 13631 shall...

Section 13633. - 13633. The advisory committee shall review all proposed regulations and...

CHAPTER 10 - Water Wells and Cathodic Protection Wells

ARTICLE 1 - Declaration of Policy

Section 13700. - 13700. The Legislature finds that the greater portion of the...

Section 13701. - 13701. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

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