California · Water Code
WAT §55338: (a) The Department of Corrections and the Los Angeles County Waterworks District No.
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(a) The Department of Corrections and the Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 4 shall enter into a contract for the district to meet the operational needs of the California State Prison—Los Angeles County for water, to be supplied to the district by the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency. (b) The Department of Corrections shall use the water supplied to it by the Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 4 pursuant to subdivision (a) as its primary source of water and shall use the Antelope Valley groundwater basin only as a supplementary source of drinking water or as an emergency backup supply. (c) Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code does not apply to any action undertaken pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b).
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