California · Water Code

WAT §374: (a) Allocation-based conservation water pricing under this chapter may be used on an ongoing basis and shall not require any finding of emergency or other water shortage conditions.

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Water agencies may use allocation-based conservation pricing as an ongoing practice without needing to declare an emergency or water shortage.

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(a) Allocation-based conservation water pricing under this chapter may be used on an ongoing basis and shall not require any finding of emergency or other water shortage conditions. (b) The authority granted in this chapter is in addition to any other authority that a public entity has to use rate structure design to foster the conservation of water. (c) The imposition and revision of rates and charges by a public entity under this chapter shall be subject to the procedures otherwise required by law for the public entity’s water rates.

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