California

Water Code

10,139 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 30500.3 — Notwithstanding Section 30500, the Board of Directors of the Sawyers Bar County Water District shall adopt a resolution ordering the reduction in the number of directors from five to three if, at leas
• § 30501 — The directors first elected upon the formation of the district shall hold office pursuant to Section 10505 of the Elections Code.
• § 30502 — The term of office of each director other than directors first elected or directors appointed to fill an unexpired term shall be four years.
• § 30503 — If a person elected fails to qualify, the office shall be filled as if there were a vacancy in the office.
• § 30504 — All vacancies occurring in the office of director shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
• § 30506 — Each director elected or appointed shall hold office until his successor qualifies.
• § 30507 — Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board or for each day’s service rendered as a direct
• § 30507.1 — Each director of the Contra Costa Water District shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board and for eac
• § 30508 — If a director’s place of residence, as defined in Section 244 of the Government Code, is moved outside district boundaries or outside the boundaries of that director’s division where elected from a di
• § 30509 — Before entering upon the duties of his office each director shall take and subscribe the official oath and file it with the secretary.
• § 30510 — The oath of office may be taken before the secretary, any member of the board of directors, or any officer authorized by law to administer oaths.
• § 30511 — In a county water district formed to include all or part of Pleasant Valley, Ventura County, each member of the board of directors, whether elected or appointed, shall be either a voter of the distric
• § 30513 — Notwithstanding Section 30500 or any other provision of this division, each member of the board of directors of the Canebrake County Water District in San Diego County, whether elected or appointed, s
• § 30514 — If, on or before July 1, 1977, a district has assumed the responsibilities, rights, duties, assets, liabilities, and obligations of a sanitary district, the board may, and from time to time thereafter
• § 30516 — (a) If the Orange County local agency formation commission orders the reorganization of the Capistrano Beach County Water District and the Capistrano Beach Sanitary District into a single district, th
• § 30520 — Within 30 days after the election of the first directors and thereafter within 30 days after taking office pursuant to Section 10554 of the Elections Code the directors shall meet and shall elect one
• § 30521 — The board shall: (a) Provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings.
• § 30522 — At its organization meeting the board may transact any business of the district.
• § 30523 — The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion.
• § 30524 — A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 30525 — No ordinance, resolution, or motion shall be passed or become effective without the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the members of the board.
• § 30525.5 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 30526 — Except where action is taken by the unanimous vote of all directors present and voting, the ayes and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances, resolutions, or motions and entered upon th
• § 30527 — The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be: “Be it ordained by the board of directors of __________ County Water District as f
• § 30528 — All ordinances shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary.
• § 30529 — All legislative sessions of the board shall be public.
• § 30530 — The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.
• § 30540 — (a) The board shall, at its first meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable, appoint by a majority vote a general manager and a secretary.
• § 30541 — A director shall not be the general manager, secretary, treasurer, or auditor.
• § 30542 — The general manager, secretary, treasurer, and auditor shall each receive the compensation determined by the board and shall serve at its pleasure.
• § 30543 — The same person may serve as general manager and secretary, secretary and auditor, or secretary and treasurer.
• § 30544 — The board may at any time appoint or employ and prescribe the authorities and duties of other officers, employees, attorneys, and engineers necessary or convenient for the business of the district, ea
• § 30545 — The general manager, secretary, auditor, treasurer, and other employees or assistants of the district, as required by the board, shall each give a bond to the district conditioned for the faithful per
• § 30546 — Any regular employee of a district who is a deputy sheriff, or who has successfully completed the peace officer training course described in subdivision (a) of Section 832 of the Penal Code, and is de
• § 30547 — (a) A district may employ a suitable security force.
• § 30575 — The board is the governing body of the district.
• § 30576 — The powers of districts enumerated in this division shall, except as therein otherwise provided, be exercised by the board.
• § 30577 — Each member of the board, or the secretary, may administer oaths and affirmations in connection with the taking of testimony at any hearing, investigation, or other matter pending before the board.
• § 30578 — The president shall: (a) Sign all contracts on behalf of the district.
• § 30579 — The secretary shall: (a) Countersign all contracts on behalf of the district.
• § 30579.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 30578 and subdivision (a) of Section 30579, the board may alternatively authorize, subject to such limitations and conditions as it may det
• § 30580 — The general manager shall: (a) Have full charge and control of the maintenance, operation, and construction of the water works or water-works system of the district.
• § 30581 — The general manager shall also: (a) Perform other duties imposed by the board.
• § 30582 — If the board appoints an auditor or treasurer pursuant to Section 30540, the auditor or treasurer shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting that shall completely and at all times
• § 30586 — The board of a district in existence on the effective date of this section shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State on or before January 1, 1964, listing: (a) The name of the district.
• § 306 — The owner, tenant, or occupant of the land upon which a well which is a public nuisance under the next preceding section is situated, who causes, permits, or suffers such public nuisance to exist or c
• § 307 — Any person owning, possessing, or occupying any land upon which is situated an artesian well, who causes, suffers, or permits water unnecessarily to flow from the well or to go to waste is guilty of a
• § 30700 — The provisions of the Elections Code relating to the qualifications of electors, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all water district elections except: (a) To the extent that the provisio
• § 30700.5 — Notwithstanding Section 30021 or any other provision of the law, in the Pleasant Valley County Water District every owner of land within the district, but no others, may vote at the election for direc
• § 30700.6 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 30021 or any other provision of the law, qualified voters at elections for directors or otherwise in the Sierra Lakes County Water District shall be (1) voters who are resi
• § 30730 — The board may, if it deems it to be for the best interest of the district, by resolution submit to the voters at any district election the question whether the directors shall be elected by divisions
• § 30731 — If the question is submitted to the voters at a general district election, the notices required by Section 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on the ballot
• § 30733 — If the question submitted to the voters of the district pursuant to this article provides for the election of directors by divisions and is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question,
• § 30734 — If the question submitted to the voters of the district pursuant to this article provides for the election of directors from divisions and is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the questio
• § 30735 — Directors elected by division shall be voters of the divisions by which they are elected.
• § 30773 — The provisions of this article shall apply only to the Pleasant Valley County Water District, heretofore formed in Pleasant Valley, Ventura County, and the Kings County Water District, heretofore form
• § 30774 — All ballots printed shall be precisely on the same size, quality, tint of paper, kind of type, and color of ink so that without the number it would be impossible to distinguish one ballot from another
• § 30775 — The names of all candidates printed upon the ballot shall be in type of the same size and style.
• § 30776 — A column may be provided on the right-hand side for questions permitted by this division to be voted upon at water district elections.
• § 30777 — The order of candidates names on the ballot shall be as provided by the Elections Code.
• § 30778 — The county elections official shall cause the ballots to be printed, bound, and numbered as provided in the Elections Code, except as otherwise required in this division.
• § 30779 — The ballots shall contain the list of names and the respective offices as published in the proclamation and shall be in substantially the following form: G eneral ( or S pecial ) W ater D istrict E le
• § 30780 — The ballot shall contain the following instruction: “For director vote for (giving number).
• § 30781 — A half-inch square shall be provided at the right of the name of each candidate wherein to mark the cross.
• § 30782 — Half-inch spaces shall be left below the printed names of candidates for each office, equal in number to the number of offices to be filled, wherein the voter may write the name of any person for whom
• § 308 — Each day’s continuance of waste constitutes a new offense.
• § 30830 — Ordinances may be passed by voters in accordance with Article 1 (commencing with Section 9100) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code.
• § 30831 — Ordinances may be subject to referendum in accordance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 9140) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code.
• § 309 — Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is punishable for each offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by impris
• § 310 — All prosecutions for the violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be instituted in the superior court of the county where the well is situated.
• § 31000 — County water districts shall be managed under the provisions of this division and may exercise the powers therein expressly granted or necessarily implied therefrom.
• § 31001 — Each district has the power generally to perform all acts necessary to carry out fully the provisions of this division.
• § 31002 — A district has perpetual succession.
• § 31003 — A district may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
• § 31004 — A district may make contracts and employ labor to carry out the purposes of the district.
• § 31005 — A district may have construction or other work performed by contract or may do the work under its own superintendence.
• § 31006 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any district formed under this division may, by resolution of the board of the district spread on its minutes, change the name of the district.
• § 31007 — The rates and charges to be collected by the district shall be so fixed as to yield an amount sufficient to do each of the following: (a) Pay the operating expenses of the district.
• § 31007.5 — No district furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of water to or for the tenant’s residential use from any subsequent tenan
• § 31008 — A district may provide for the pension of officers or employees and the creation of a special fund for the purpose of paying such pension and the accumulation of contributions to said fund from the re
• § 31009 — In any district authorized to provide fire protection services, the district board is authorized to enforce the provisions of Sections 4291 to 4296, inclusive, of the Public Resources Code.
• § 31010 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 5.
• § 31011 — A district may disseminate information to the public concerning the rights, properties, and activities of the district.
• § 31012 — If, on or after the effective date of this section, substantially all of a district water system is acquired by another public agency by any method other than a vote of the electorate of that district
• § 31013 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mammoth County Water District may operate a propane gas distribution service for residents of the district and may do any act necessary to furnish suffi
• § 31013.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mammoth Community Water District may acquire property and construct, maintain, operate, sell, and lease facilities, including, but not limited to, w
• § 31014 — Subject to the consent of the governing body of the county or city having jurisdiction over the highway or street, the Juniper-Riviera County Water District may open, widen, extend, straighten, surfac
• § 31014.5 — The term “irrigation district” as used in Chapter 1046 of the Statutes of 1969 includes a county water district and the Orange County Water District.
• § 31015 — The Sierra Lakes County Water District shall not exercise any of the powers and purposes set forth in Article 7 (commencing with Section 31120), Article 8 (commencing with Section 31130), and Article
• § 31016 — (a) In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, including an ordinance fixing charges for the furnishing of commodities or services, the district may correct any violation of
• § 31020 — A district may do any act necessary to furnish sufficient water in the district for any present or future beneficial use.
• § 31021 — A district may store water for the benefit of the district, conserve water for future use, and appropriate, acquire, and conserve water and water rights for any useful purpose.
• § 31022 — A district may operate water rights, works, property, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any purpose authorized by this division.
• § 31023 — A district may sell water or the use thereof for any useful purpose and whenever there is a surplus, dispose of the surplus to municipalities, public agencies, or consumers located without the distric
• § 31024 — A district may establish rules and regulations for the sale, distribution, and use of water and may therein provide that water shall not be furnished to persons against whom there are delinquent water
• § 31025 — The district shall fix and through the general manager collect the water rates.
• § 31026 — A district shall have the power to restrict the use of district water during any emergency caused by drought, or other threatened or existing water shortage, and to prohibit the wastage of district wa
• § 31027 — (a) A district may prescribe and define by ordinance the restrictions, prohibitions, and exclusions.
• § 31028 — A district shall have power to make findings upon each and all of the matters referred to in Section 31026.
• § 31029 — After the publication or posting of any ordinance as provided in Section 31027, it is a misdemeanor for any person to use or apply water received from the district contrary to or in violation of the r
• § 31029.1 — (a) An ordinance to require water conservation and to prevent waste which is adopted by a district which includes territory in Monterey County may provide that violation is an infraction or nuisance.
• § 31030 — (a) The Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code) is applicable to districts for the purpose of providing funds for
• § 31031 — A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, on or before the first day of July in each calendar year, a water standby or avail
• § 31031.6 — Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.
• § 31031.7 — Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.
• § 31031.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Tuolumne Regional Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, le
• § 31032 — In case any water standby charge remains unpaid on the first day of the month before the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the district or any part thereof is located is r
• § 31032.1 — A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, as an alternative to the charge prescribed by Section 31031, in each fiscal year,
• § 31032.10 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Yorba Linda County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fi
• § 31032.12 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Yorba Linda County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fi
• § 31032.2 — The secretary shall cause notice of the filing of the report and of a time and place of hearing thereon to be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the date set for hear
• § 31032.3 — At the time stated in the notice, the board shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the report referred to in the notice and may continue the hearing from time to time.
• § 31032.4 — On or before the 10th day of August of each year following such final determination, the secretary shall file with the county auditor a copy of the report with a statement endorsed thereon over his si
• § 31032.5 — The amount of the assessments shall constitute a lien against the lot or parcel of land against which the assessment has been imposed as of noon on the first Monday in March immediately preceding the
• § 31032.6 — The county tax collector or district collector shall include the amount of the assessments on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land.
• § 31032.7 — In the event a district does not elect to collect such assessments with the general taxes of the district, it may issue separate bills payable in the time and manner designated by the board.
• § 31032.8 — A district may provide for a basic penalty of not more than 6 percent for nonpayment of the assessment within the time and in the manner prescribed by it, and in addition may provide for a penalty of
• § 31032.9 — Any district may make the election specified in Section 31032.
• § 31033 — A district may drain and reclaim lands within the district either by surface or underground works or both; and may acquire, by appropriation or other lawful means, and divert, store, conserve, transpo
• § 31034 — If a public utility subject to the control and regulation of the Public Utilities Commission petitions the Public Utilities Commission to extend its water service or to establish water service within
• § 31035 — A district may undertake a water conservation program to reduce water use and may require as a condition of new service that reasonable water-saving devices and water reclamation devices be installed
• § 31035.1 — A district which includes territory in Monterey County and which has adopted an ordinance to require water conservation and to prevent waste, may provide that violation of the ordinance is an infracti
• § 31040 — A district may take any property necessary to carry out the business of the district by grant, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease with or without the privilege of purchase.
• § 31041 — A district may hold, use, enjoy, lease, or dispose of property within or without the district necessary to the full exercise of its powers.
• § 31042 — A district may construct, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire works, water rights, land, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or otherwise make use of water for any p
• § 31045 — A district may, on terms and conditions agreed upon by the board and the board of directors of a municipal water district formed pursuant to the Municipal Water District Act of 1911: (a) Transfer, sel
• § 31046 — A district may sell or lease the mineral or hydrocarbon rights in any land belonging to it when deemed by the board for the best interest of the district.
• § 31047 — A district may control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recapture and salvage any water, including sewage and storm waters, for the beneficial use or uses of the district or its inhabi
• § 31048 — A district may cooperate, act in conjunction and contract with the State of California or any agency thereof, municipalities, public and private corporations of any kind, and persons with respect to t
• § 31049 — A district may make and perform any agreement with the State of California or any agency thereof, any public or private corporation of any kind, and any person, or any of them for the joint constructi
• § 31051 — A district may acquire by any means stock of any mutual water company or corporation for the purpose of furnishing a supply of water for public, municipal or governmental purposes.
• § 31052 — The North Marin County Water District may purchase devices for generation of energy from solar radiation and may resell such devices for use within the district.
• § 31053 — No publicly owned utility shall commence to provide any service for, on, or to any land within a county water district which is subject to the lien of a general obligation bonded indebtedness or which
• § 31054 — No publicly owned utility shall commence to provide any water service for, on, or to any land within a county water district which is subject to a lien of an indebtedness arising under any contract be
• § 31060 — A district may construct any works along, under, or across any street, water course, railway, or conduit in a manner that will afford security for life and property.
• § 31061 — Every company whose right of way is intersected or crossed by works of the district shall unite with the district in forming the intersections and crossings and grant the rights therefor.
• § 31062 — The right is hereby granted to locate, construct, and maintain any of the works of a district on any land which is now or hereafter owned by the State, and a district has the same rights and privilege
• § 31080 — A district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided in this division or by law, in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 31081 — A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, compromise, and assume the costs of any action or proceeding involving or affecting the ownership or use of waters or water rights within the district
• § 31082 — A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, and compromise actions and proceedings to prevent interference with or diminution of the natural flow of any stream or natural subterranean sup
• § 31084 — All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.
• § 31088 — The district may employ counsel to defend any action or proceeding brought against it on account of any injury, taking, damage, or destruction, or to defend as provided in Part 7 (commencing with Sect
• § 311 — Any fine imposed under the provisions of this article may be collected as in other criminal cases, and the justice may also issue an execution upon the judgment therein rendered, which may be enforced
• § 31100 — A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, waste and storm water of the district and its inhabitants and may contract with any publ
• § 31101 — The district may prescribe, revise and collect rates or other charges for the services and facilities furnished pursuant to this article.
• § 31101.5 — A district may supply sewage and waste services to property not subject to district taxes at special rates, terms, and conditions as are determined by the board for the services.
• § 31102 — The district may provide that such rates or other charges may be collected with the water rates of the district and that all rates shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as one item, and tha
• § 31103 — Upon providing a sewer system in any area of the district the district may declare the further maintenance or use of cesspools or other local means of sewage disposal in such area to be a public nuisa
• § 31104 — A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, levy and collect a sewage and waste service standby or availability charge.
• § 31104.5 — In lieu of the standby or availability charge authorized to be levied and collected pursuant to Section 31104, the Crescenta Valley County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hear
• § 31104.6 — Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.
• § 31104.7 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Tuolumne Regional Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, le
• § 31104.8 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Santa Ana Mountains County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government
• § 31105 — (a) A district may adopt ordinances relating to the provision of services and facilities pursuant to this article and the regulation of those services and facilities.
• § 31106 — From and after the posting or publication of any ordinance as provided in Section 31105 above, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any ordinance of the district adopted pursuant to Sec
• § 31110 — Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this division, the Calaveras County Water District, or an improvement district formed therein pursuant to the provisions of this division, may pursuan
• § 31111 — For the purposes of this article, the Board of Directors of the Calaveras County Water District may levy and collect taxes in the manner provided in this division.
• § 31112 — The Board of Directors of the Calaveras County Water District may levy and collect taxes in the manner provided in this division for the purpose of the maintenance and operation of any facilities cons
• § 31113 — Pursuant to a resolution adopted by a fourth-fifths vote of all the members of the board, the Calaveras County Water District may deposit any funds of the district, not to exceed four hundred thousand
• § 31120 — (a) A district may exercise any of the powers, functions, and duties which are vested in, or imposed upon, a fire protection district pursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, Part 3 (comm
• § 31130 — A district may use any water or land under its control for recreational purposes and in connection therewith may construct, maintain, and operate any works or facilities appropriate or ancillary to su
• § 31131 — A district may prescribe reasonable rules and regulations to govern the use of such facilities, including regulations imposing reasonable charges for the use thereof.
• § 31132 — The exercise of the power of eminent domain to acquire any land or interest therein for recreational purposes is limited to land within the district or land contiguous to the district.
• § 31133 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Malaga County Water District may: (a) Organize, promote, conduct, and advertise programs of community recreation.
• § 31135 — A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for, or may contract with others for, the collection and disposal of the garbage, waste, and trash of the district and its inhabitants.
• § 31136 — The district may prescribe, revise, and collect rates or other charges for the services furnished pursuant to this article.
• § 31137 — The district may provide that such rates or charges may be collected with the water or sewer rates, or both, of the district and that all rates shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as one
• § 31138 — The district may determine that sanitary service may not be necessary or feasible for all residents or properties within the district and shall thereupon make a finding as to which type of customer or
• § 31139 — The district shall determine the types of wastes to be excluded from service.
• § 31140 — Any contract with other parties for the supplying of this service for the district shall be granted by public bid for such periods as the district determines is in the best interest of the district.
• § 31141 — (a) A district may adopt ordinances relating to the provision of sanitation services and the regulation of those services.
• § 31142 — After the posting or publication of any ordinance as provided in Section 31141, it is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any ordinance of the district adopted pursuant to Section 31141, and, upon
• § 31142.20 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alameda County Water District Groundwater Protection Act.
• § 31142.22 — This article only applies to all property within the boundaries of the Cities of Fremont, Newark, and Union City.
• § 31142.24 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article.
• § 31142.26 — The district may take the following actions within the boundaries of the Cities of Fremont, Newark, and Union City to carry out this article: (a) Adopt, by ordinance, regulations the board deems neces
• § 31142.28 — Any person applying for any land development permit or approval within the boundaries described in Section 31142.
• § 31142.30 — Any abandoned or unused well, exploratory hole, or other excavation that creates or threatens to create a water contamination hazard is a public nuisance.
• § 31142.32 — If the district determines that a public nuisance exists, it shall, by certified mail, notify the record owner of the property to abate the public nuisance.
• § 31142.34 — If, after the hearing, the general manager determines that a public nuisance exists, the district shall, by certified mail, send a notice to the record owner requiring that the record owner abate the
• § 31142.36 — If the public nuisance is not abated within the time specified by the district in the notice, the district may abate the public nuisance.
• § 31142.38 — (a) All costs incurred by the district in abating a public nuisance pursuant to this article are a lien upon the property.
• § 31142.39 — All actions authorized by this article shall be undertaken in a manner that is consistent with the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.
• § 31142.50 — (a) In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Sierra Lakes County Water District shall have, but is not limited to, the authority to prevent nuisance, pollution, waste, and contamination of
• § 31143 — In addition to the other powers provided by law, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District, Santa Cruz County, shall have all of the following powers and shall promptly and effectively exercise such power
• § 31143.1 — The district shall immediately do all such acts as are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with any federal, state, regional, or local law, order, regulation, or rule relating to water pollution
• § 31143.2 — (a) Violation of any of the provisions of a district regulation adopted pursuant to Section 31143 may be abated as a public nuisance by the district, and the board of directors may by regulation estab
• § 31143.3 — (a) The owner of any real property upon which is located an onsite waste water disposal system, which system is subject to abatement as a public nuisance by the district, may request the district to r
• § 31143.4 — In order to avoid duplication, either the district or the County of Santa Cruz may contract with the other party for any services or activities authorized to be performed pursuant to this article.
• § 31143.5 — Any violation of a regulation of the district adopted pursuant to Section 31143 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment not to exceed 60 days,
• § 31144 — In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Lompico County Water District, Santa Cruz County, shall have all of the following powers and shall promptly and effectively exercise such powers as
• § 31144.1 — The district shall immediately do all such acts as are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with any federal, state, regional, or local law, order, regulation, or rule relating to water pollution
• § 31144.2 — (a) Violation of any of the provisions of a district regulation adopted pursuant to Section 31144 may be abated as a public nuisance by the district, and the board of directors may by regulation estab
• § 31144.3 — (a) The owner of any real property upon which is located an onsite waste water disposal system, which system is subject to abatement as a public nuisance by the district, may request the district to r
• § 31144.4 — In order to avoid duplication, either the district or the County of Santa Cruz may contract with the other party for any services or activities authorized to be performed pursuant to this article.
• § 31144.5 — (a) Whenever, in the opinion of the board of directors, the public interest or convenience may require, the board of directors may undertake any work necessary or incidental to the prevention, mitigat
• § 31144.6 — Any violation of a regulation of the district adopted pursuant to Section 31144 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment in the county jail not
• § 31144.7 — In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Malaga County Water District, Fresno County, shall, within the boundaries of the district, have all of the following powers and shall promptly and
• § 31144.71 — (a) For the common benefit of the district and for the purpose of managing the groundwater basin and managing, replenishing, regulating, and protecting the groundwater supplies within the district, th
• § 31144.72 — In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Malaga County Water District may levy and collect fees or charges in the manner provided for in this division for activities undertaken pursuant to