California

Water Code

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

• § 11661.1 — The department may agree in a contract with a state agency or department of a state agency that payments to be made under a contract for joint development of water conveyance and hydroelectric facilit
• § 11662 — Any State agency may comply with the terms, provisions, and conditions of any contract entered into by it pursuant to this article.
• § 11663 — Any state agency may, in or pursuant to a contract with the department, do any or all of the following: (a) Provide in the contract for the segregation and allocation of any or all revenues received b
• § 11664 — All funds accruing to a special account established pursuant to the next preceding section, or deposited therein, in compliance with the terms and provisions of any contract with the department consti
• § 11670 — Any contract or lease made by the department with any person, other than a state agency, providing for the furnishing by the department of water, the use of water, water storage, electric power, or ot
• § 11671 — The department shall not cancel any contract or lease under the next preceding section unless and until it first determines and assures itself that notwithstanding the cancellation, it will receive an
• § 11700 — For the purpose of providing money and funds to pay the cost and expense of carrying out any of the objects and purposes of this part, the department may, from time to time, issue bonds.
• § 11701 — Whenever the department determines that it is necessary to carry out any of the objects and purposes of this part, it shall prepare preliminary cost estimates, an estimate of the amount required to be
• § 11705 — Bonds shall be issued in the name of the department and shall constitute obligations only of the department and shall be identified as Central Valley Project revenue bonds.
• § 11706 — Any provisions not inconsistent with this part may be contained in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds which limit, restrict, or regulate the holding, deposit, investment, and applicatio
• § 11707 — While any bonds remain outstanding, the powers, duties or existence of the department or any official or agency of the State shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversel
• § 11708 — The holder of any bond may by mandamus or other appropriate proceedings require and compel the performance of any of the duties imposed upon any state department, official, or employee in connection w
• § 11709 — The enumeration of rights and remedies in the next preceding section does not exclude the exercise or prosecution of any other rights or remedies by holders of bonds.
• § 11710 — The department may contract loans and borrow money from the United States through the sale of bonds upon such conditions and terms as may be agreed to and such bonds shall be subject to all the provis
• § 11711 — Temporary or interim bonds, certificates, or receipts, of any denominations and with or without coupons attached thereto, signed by the director, may be issued and delivered until the definitive bonds
• § 11712 — The purchase price of bonds shall be paid for the account of the department to the Treasurer or the designee of the Treasurer.
• § 11713 — Notwithstanding anything otherwise provided in this part, any expense incurred by the department for advertising, engraving, printing, clerical, legal, or other services necessary to properly perform
• § 11714 — The department shall return the appropriation made by Chapter 12 of the Statutes of 1935, or so much thereof as is used, with interest thereon at the rate of 4 percent per annum to the General Fund in
• § 11720 — Bonds issued under this part shall contain a recital on the face thereof that the payment or redemption of the bonds and the payment of interest thereon is secured by a first and direct charge and lie
• § 11721 — Bonds issued under this part shall not constitute or be a debt, liability, or obligation of the State.
• § 11722 — All bond redemption and interest payments shall constitute a first and direct charge and lien on all revenues received from the operation of the project, on all interest accruing from such revenues, a
• § 11723 — The collection of revenues shall be continued until all bonds with interest thereon are fully redeemed and paid.
• § 11730 — The department shall determine the form, conditions, and denominations of all bonds and the dates which the bonds shall bear.
• § 11731 — The department and the Treasurer shall determine the interest rate or rates on the bonds.
• § 11732 — It is not necessary that all bonds of the same authorized issue bear the same interest rate.
• § 11733 — Principal and interest on bonds shall be payable at such place or places as may be fixed and determined by the department.
• § 11734 — Bonds may contain provisions for registration thereof as to principal only or as to both principal and interest.
• § 11735 — Bonds may be issued in coupon form with interest payable at such times as determined by the department and shall mature at such times and in such amounts as the department prescribes.
• § 11736 — The department may provide for the retirement of bonds at any time or times prior to their maturity and in such manner and upon payment of such premiums as may be fixed and determined in the proceedin
• § 11736.5 — The department may enter into banking, insurance, remarketing, and other financial arrangements as may be necessary or desirable to provide additional security for the payment of principal and interes
• § 11737 — All bonds shall be signed by the director and countersigned by the Governor.
• § 11738 — The signature of the director and the Governor may be by facsimile.
• § 11739 — All interest coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of the director.
• § 11740 — In case any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his signature or countersignature s
• § 11750 — Bonds may be issued and sold from time to time and in such amounts as may be deemed necessary in the judgment of the department to provide sufficient funds for the purposes authorized by this chapter.
• § 11751 — Bonds may be sold below the par or face value thereof, but the sale price shall not be less than 94 percent of the par or face value of the bonds, and the sale price shall include the interest which h
• § 11752 — Successive issues of bonds shall have equal preference with respect to the redemption thereof and the payment of interest thereon, but the department may fix different maturity dates serially or other
• § 11753 — All bonds issued are negotiable instruments.
• § 11754 — All bonds authorized for issuance by the department shall be sold by the Treasurer at public sale by bid or at private sale by negotiation, as directed by the department after consultation with the Tr
• § 11755 — The department may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds duly authorized to be issued, but which have not yet been sold and delivered, and for that purpose may issue negotiable bond antici
• § 11760 — The proceeds from the sale of bonds shall be paid to the Treasurer or the designee of the Treasurer to the credit of the construction fund.
• § 11761 — The proceeds shall be paid out, disbursed, or applied solely for one or more of the following: (a) The construction, reconstruction, and repair of the project.
• § 11761.5 — (a) If the department sells bonds to finance a water purchase, the bonds, including all refinancing of the bonds, shall be scheduled to mature within five years of the date of the initial sale of the
• § 11762 — The department may agree with the purchaser of bonds upon any conditions or limitations restricting the disbursement of the proceeds that may be deemed advisable for the purpose of assuring the proper
• § 11770 — From the money deposited in the construction fund the State Treasurer shall transfer to the place or places of payment named in the bonds the sums required to pay the interest as it becomes due on all
• § 11771 — After the periods mentioned in the next preceding section the Treasurer shall transfer from the revenue fund to the place or places named in the bonds the sums required to pay the interest on the bond
• § 11772 — All funds transferred for the payment of principal or interest on bonds shall be segregated and applied solely for the payment of the principal and interest.
• § 11780 — Any surplus which exists in the construction fund shall be applied to the retirement of bonds issued for construction of the project by purchase or call.
• § 11781 — In the event the bonds cannot be purchased at a price satisfactory to the department and are not by their terms callable prior to maturity such surplus shall be paid into the fund applicable to the pa
• § 11782 — The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may provide limitations and conditions upon the time and manner of applying such surplus to the purchase and call of outstanding bonds.
• § 11783 — The terms upon which the bonds shall be purchased or called and such limitations and conditions as are mentioned in the preceding section shall be followed and observed in the application and use of s
• § 11784 — All bonds retired by purchase or call shall be immediately canceled.
• § 11800 — Money required to meet the costs of construction of the project and all expenses and costs incidental thereto and to meet the costs of operating and maintaining and making necessary replacements there
• § 11801 — All interest received or earned on money deposited in a fund provided for in this part shall be credited to and become a part of the particular fund upon which the interest accrues.
• § 11802 — The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may contain appropriate provisions governing the use and application of bond proceeds and revenues for the purposes specified in this part.
• § 11803 — The department may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds or may otherwise agree with the purchasers of bonds regarding the deposit of all money constituting the construction fun
• § 11804 — The depositaries and security provided for or agreed upon shall be qualified and eligible in accordance with the requirements of law.
• § 11805 — Notwithstanding anything contained in this part, the proceeds received from the sale of bonds and the revenues received from the operation of the project may be used to defray any expenses incurred by
• § 11806 — The amounts required to be transferred by the State Treasurer as provided in this part shall be ascertained and computed by the department and the certificate of the department is conclusive and bindi
• § 11807 — When the department, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance, deems it in the best interests of the state, it may authorize the State Treasurer, upon such terms and conditions as may be fixe
• § 11810 — There is in the State Treasury The Central Valley Water Project Construction Fund which is continued in existence.
• § 11811 — The construction fund shall at all times be kept segregated and set apart from all other funds.
• § 11812 — Any and all appropriations and contributions received from the United States, the State, any State agency, any political subdivision, or any other source for the purpose of constructing the project, o
• § 11813 — All costs and expenses of the department, including interest due and payable, incurred in performing the duties prescribed in this part prior to and during the construction of the project and for a pe
• § 11814 — All the costs and expenses mentioned in the next preceding section shall be charged as a part of the cost of construction of the project and the money in the construction fund is hereby appropriated f
• § 11815 — There is in the State Treasury the Central Valley Water Project Revenue Fund which is continued in existence.
• § 11816 — All revenues received from the operation of the project shall be paid over by the department at least monthly to the State Treasurer.
• § 11817 — The State Treasurer shall deposit the revenues to the credit of the revenue fund as demand deposits in a depositary authorized by law to receive deposits of State funds.
• § 11818 — The revenue fund shall at all times be kept segregated and set apart from all other funds.
• § 11819 — All appropriations and contributions received from the United States, the State, any State agency, any political subdivision, or from any other source for the purpose of maintaining or operating the p
• § 11820 — After the expiration of one year after the completion of the project, all costs and expenses of the department, including interst due and payable, incurred in performing the duties prescribed in this
• § 11821 — The money in the revenue fund is hereby appropriated for the payment of costs and expenses, for the maintenance and operation of the project, for making necessary replacements thereto, and for the pay
• § 11822 — The money remaining in the revenue fund after providing the amount required for interest and redemption of bonds shall be devoted to the payment of the costs of operation and maintenance of the projec
• § 11823 — Notwithstanding anything contained in this part, the department may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds that revenues received during the period of construction and for a peri
• § 11830 — The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may provide for the setting up of a reserve fund or funds out of the revenues not needed for the payment of operation, maintenance, and replacements,
• § 11831 — Any proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds and providing for the setting up of a reserve fund may also require the immediate application of all surplus money in the revenue fund to the retireme
• § 11832 — The money remaining in the revenue fund after providing the amount required for interest and redemption of bonds as provided in this article shall be held and applied as provided in the proceedings au
• § 11835 — Warrants for payments to be made on account of bonds shall be drawn by the State Controller upon request of the State Treasurer whenever the drawing of warrants is required in order to make the paymen
• § 11840 — All money in the construction fund not required to meet preconstruction, acquisition, or construction costs and expenses, or interest thereon, of the project, or unit thereof, for which bonds were iss
• § 11841 — The department may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds that the investment of surplus money shall be made only in particular bonds and obligations within the classifications e
• § 11842 — If the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds do not require surplus revenues to be held or applied in any particular manner, they shall be allocated and used for such other purposes incidental
• § 11850 — When any of the works authorized by this part are being constructed by the department, the department may carry or cause to be carried such an amount of insurance or indemnity bonds as protection agai
• § 11851 — The department may carry insurance to cover any accident or destruction in part or in whole to any works until all bonds and interest thereon have been fully redeemed and paid.
• § 11852 — All money collected on any indemnity bond or insurance policy as the result of any damage or injury to any works shall be used for the purpose of repairing or rebuilding the works, as long as there ar
• § 11853 — The department may carry insurance or indemnity bonds insuring against the loss of revenues to be derived from the project by reason of any interruption in the use of the project, or any part thereof,
• § 11854 — Insurance or indemnity bonds against loss of revenues may be in an amount equal to the probable revenues to be received from the use and operation of the project during any period of time that is dete
• § 11855 — The department may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds for the carrying of insurance as authorized by this part, and the purchase and carrying of such insurance shall thereupo
• § 11900 — The Legislature finds and declares it to be necessary for the general public health and welfare that preservation of fish and wildlife be provided for in connection with the construction of state wate
• § 11901 — It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the planning and construction of water storage, conservation, and regulation facilities and associated fish and wildlife and recreation features consis
• § 11903 — As used in this chapter, “project” means any physical structure to provide for the conservation, storage, regulation, transportation, or use of water, constructed by the State itself or by the State i
• § 11905 — The provision of this chapter shall apply to the Central Valley Project and every other project constructed by the State itself or by the State in co-operation with the United States, including, but n
• § 11910 — There shall be incorporated in the planning and construction of each project those features (including, but not limited to, additional storage capacity) that the department, after giving full consider
• § 11910.1 — In furtherance of the policies specified in Section 11910, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other governmental agencies shall submit their recommendatio
• § 11910.5 — Such recreational purposes include, but are not limited to, those recreational pursuits generally associated with the out-of-doors, such as camping, picnicking, fishing, hunting, water contact sports,
• § 11911 — The planning for public recreation use and fish and wildlife preservation and enhancement in connection with state water projects shall be a part of the general project formulation activities of the D
• § 11912 — The department, in fixing and establishing prices, rates, and charges for water and power, shall include as a reimbursable cost of any state water project an amount sufficient to repay all costs incur
• § 11913 — (a) The Legislature hereby declares its intent that, except as funds are provided pursuant to Section 11915, there shall be included in the budget for the department for each fiscal year, and in the B
• § 11913.1 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds sufficient to cover the costs incurred by the department for recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement specified pursuant to Section 119
• § 11914 — The department shall make any necessary revisions in the allocation of costs of any state water project works constructed for the development of water and power, or either, which would result from the
• § 11915 — All moneys deposited in the Central Valley Water Project Construction Fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.
• § 11915.1 — The provisions of this chapter shall not limit the department in the financing and construction of any of the facilities of the State Water Resources Development System pursuant to the provisions of C
• § 11915.5 — For the purpose of furthering recreation in any project of the department, the department may exchange any real property it has acquired for property in the state owned by the United States which is o
• § 11917 — The Department of Fish and Game shall manage fish and wildlife resources at state water projects, including any such additional resources as are created by such projects, in a manner compatible with t
• § 11918 — The Department of Parks and Recreation is authorized to design, construct, operate, and maintain public recreation facilities at state water projects, with the exception of the planning, design, and c
• § 11919 — Public recreation facilities in connection with state water projects are recreational areas.
• § 11920 — The Wildlife Conservation Board is authorized to design and construct public fishing access sites to aqueducts constructed as part of state water projects in accordance with such policies and procedur
• § 11925 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Davis-Dolwig Act.
• § 11950 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Conservation Projects Act of 1985.
• § 11951 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Agriculture is this state’s largest income producer, contributing approximately $14 billion annually to the economy of the state.
• § 11952 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to encourage local agencies and private enterprise to implement potential water conservation and reclamation projects by establishing a
• § 11953 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter or impair any provision of law providing protections for areas of origin, including, but not limited to, Article 1.
• § 11954 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter or impair any existing rights, including rights to divert water from the Colorado River and rights to the distribution or use of that water.
• § 11960 — Any water supplier or user of water in the state that has an existing right which permits the supplier or user to sell water may enter into a contract under this chapter to finance the conservation or
• § 11961 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where any person or public agency undertakes any water conservation effort, either separately or jointly, pursuant to any contract with any other water user
• § 11962 — Water conservation and reclamation projects eligible for assistance under this chapter include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Projects for municipal and industrial advanced waste water tr
• § 11963 — Any contract entered into pursuant to this chapter for the transfer or sale of conserved or recycled water may provide for the recall of water and may include terms for that recall.
• § 11964 — Water conservation or reclamation projects developed pursuant to this chapter may be funded pursuant to any bond law heretofore or hereafter approved by the voters if the project is otherwise eligible
• § 11965 — This article shall not be applicable to the State Water Resources Development System.
• § 11970 — The department may use Central Valley Project revenue bonds or other funds available for the purposes of the State Water Resources Development System to finance, in whole or in part, water conservatio
• § 11971 — As used in this article, “sponsoring contractor” means a contractor or contractors, who have a long-term water supply contract with the department and who agree to reduce demands for project water fro
• § 11972 — A local water conservation project described in Section 11970 is eligible for funding pursuant to this article if, in the determination of the department, the project meets all of the following criter
• § 11973 — The department shall determine whether a local water conservation project described in Section 11970 is economically competitive by comparing, in an engineering and economic analysis, the local conser
• § 11974 — A local water conservation project described in Section 11970 shall not be constructed or implemented pursuant to this article until both of the following occurs: (a) The sponsoring contractor signs a
• § 11975 — In the event of a shortage in water supply, within the meaning of Article 18(a) of the standard water supply contract between the department and the state water supply contractors, the determination o
• § 11976 — This article is the only portion of this chapter applicable to the State Water Resources Development System.
• § 11980 — The department shall establish criteria for determining the eligibility of water conservation projects for assistance under this chapter and shall establish criteria for determination of the economic,
• § 11981 — The State Water Resources Control Board shall establish criteria for determining both of the following: (a) The eligibility of water reclamation projects for assistance under this chapter.
• § 11982 — The department shall establish criteria for determining whether a water conservation or reclamation project results in a net increase in the amount of water made available for use and does not interfe
• § 11983 — The department and the State Water Resources Control Board shall only approve for funding by the state under this chapter those projects which result in a net increase in the amount of water available
• § 11984 — The department is authorized to adopt those rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out, and as are consistent with, this chapter.
• § 11985 — In providing financial assistance pursuant to this chapter, the department shall impose terms and conditions that are designed to protect the state’s investment and that are necessary to carry out the
• § 12 — The masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter.
• § 12.2 — “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.
• § 120 — There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Water Resources, which is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Water Resources.
• § 1200 — Whenever the terms stream, lake or other body of water, or water occurs in relation to applications to appropriate water or permits or licenses issued pursuant to such applications, such term refers o
• § 12000 — As used in this part, “person” means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, or company, but not including any public corporation or other public entity.
• § 12001 — As used in this part, “United States” means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized t
• § 12002 — If any provision of this part, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the part, or the application of said provision to other persons or circumsta
• § 12003 — Any person may co-operate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto or under any other act of Co
• § 12004 — The co-operation or contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of works and facilities for irrigation, stora
• § 12005 — Any person has all powers, rights, and privileges necessary to enable such person to enter into any contract referred to in this part, and to carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made by
• § 12006 — Any person, for the purpose of performing the obligations of any contract entered into by such person under the provisions of this part, or for the purpose of obtaining any of the rights, benefits or
• § 12007 — Any person, by an action brought pursuant to the provisions of this part, may submit any contract or proposed contract entered into, or proposed to be entered into, by such person under the provisions
• § 12008 — The validation proceedings shall be an action in rem and shall be brought pursuant to the procedure provided by Sections 861, 862, 865, 866, 867, 868, and 870 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 1201 — All water flowing in any natural channel, excepting so far as it has been or is being applied to useful and beneficial purposes upon, or in so far as it is or may be reasonably needed for useful and b
• § 12017 — The provisions of this part are cumulative and are not intended to and they shall not be construed as repealing, amending, or otherwise affecting any other provisions of law.
• § 1202 — The following are hereby declared to constitute unappropriated water: (a) All water which has never been appropriated.
• § 1203 — Any water the right to the use of which is held by any municipality which is in excess of the existing municipal needs therefor may be appropriated by any person entitled to the possession of land upo
• § 1205 — (a) Following notice and hearing, the board may adopt a declaration that a stream system is fully appropriated.
• § 12050 — The following definitions shall govern the construction of this part: (a) “Public agency” includes any city, county, district, or other political subdivision of the State of California.
• § 12051 — The Legislature hereby declares that the purpose of this part is to enable the acquisition of water supplies from the Washoe Project on the Truckee and Carson Rivers or their tributaries for beneficia
• § 12052 — The department may enter into a contract for the acquisition of and payment for a water supply made available to the people of the State of California by the Washoe Reclamation Project—Nevada and Cali
• § 12053 — (a) As a provision of any contract entered into pursuant to Section 12052, and for the purpose of securing its performance thereunder, the department may assign rights which have accrued or which will
• § 12054 — Under such regulations and upon such terms, limitations, and conditions as it prescribes, the department may: (a) Fix and establish the prices, rates, and charges at which the water supply made availa
• § 12055 — (a) As a provision of any contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12054, and for the purpose of securing its performance thereunder, the department may assign rights which have ac
• § 12056 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every public agency empowered by law to make water available for any beneficial use of lands or inhabitants is hereby granted, in addition to and
• § 12057 — (a) Before a public agency may enter into a contract with the department for a water supply from the Washoe Project, or from any division or unit thereof, the public agency shall hold an election on t
• § 1206 — (a) From and after the date of adoption of a declaration that a stream system is fully appropriated, and subject to subdivision (b), the board shall not accept for filing any application for a permit
• § 1207 — Notice of hearing pursuant to this article shall be given as follows: (a) The notice shall be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation
• § 1210 — The owner of a waste water treatment plant operated for the purpose of treating wastes from a sanitary sewer system shall hold the exclusive right to the treated waste water as against anyone who has
• § 1211 — (a) Prior to making any change in the point of discharge, place of use, or purpose of use of treated wastewater, the owner of any wastewater treatment plant shall obtain approval of the board for that
• § 1212 — The board shall not grant any permit or license to any person other than the treated waste water producer for the appropriation of treated waste water where the producer has introduced such water into
• § 1215 — This article shall only apply to a water supplier exporting or intending to export water for use outside a protected area pursuant to applications to appropriate surface water filed, or groundwater ap
• § 1215.5 — (a) For the purposes of this article, “protected area”, means all of lands which normally drain to the ocean, to a hydraulic sink, or to another state within any of the following, and only the followi
• § 1215.6 — For the purposes of this article, “water user or users” within a protected area means an appropriator or appropriators, a riparian user or users, or a groundwater user or users of water on land owned
• § 1216 — A protected area shall not be deprived directly or indirectly of the prior right to all the water reasonably required to adequately supply the beneficial needs of the protected area, or any of the inh
• § 1217 — (a) In addition to the right to obtain a water right which would have priority over the rights of an exporter, water users in a protected area shall have the right to purchase, for adequate compensati
• § 1218 — Upon the request of an applicant for a permit to appropriate water for use outside a protected area, a county of origin shall cooperate with the applicant in estimating the amount of water that may be
• § 1219 — A water supplier exporting or intending to export water outside a protected area, or a water user or users within a protected area, may declare that an impasse has been reached between the parties in
• § 1219.5 — The provisions of this article shall not require any water supplier exporting or intending to export water for use outside a protected area to furnish to any water user or users in a protected area cl
• § 122 — The director, in addition to being subject to removal from office by the Governor, may be removed from office by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority vote of all members ele
• § 1220 — (a) No groundwater shall be pumped for export from within the combined Sacramento and Delta-Central Sierra Basins, as defined in the Department of Water Resources’ Bulletin 160-74, unless the pumping
• § 12200 — The Legislature hereby finds that the water problems of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are unique within the State; the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers join at the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to
• § 12201 — The Legislature finds that the maintenance of an adequate water supply in the Delta sufficient to maintain and expand agriculture, industry, urban, and recreational development in the Delta area as se
• § 12202 — Among the functions to be provided by the State Water Resources Development System, in coordination with the activities of the United States in providing salinity control for the Delta through operati
• § 12203 — It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no person, corporation or public or private agency or the State or the United States should divert water from the channels of the Sacramento-Sa
• § 12204 — In determining the availability of water for export from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta no water shall be exported which is necessary to meet the requirements of Sections 12202 and 12203 of this cha
• § 12205 — It is the policy of the State that the operation and management of releases from storage into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of water for use outside the area in which such water originates shall be
• § 1221 — This article shall not be construed to authorize the board to regulate groundwater in any manner.
• § 1222 — Nothing in this article shall be deemed to diminish the rights and protections to watersheds of origin contained in existing law including, but not limited to, Part 4.
• § 12220 — The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta shall include all the lands within the area bounded as follows, and as shown on the attached map prepared by the Department of Water Resources titled “Sacramento-San J
• § 12225 — The plan for improvement of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta levees, as set forth in Bulletin No.
• § 12226 — The department may prepare detailed plans and specifications for the improvement of the levees or levee segments specified in Section 12225.
• § 12226.2 — The department may proceed immediately with the improvement of a pilot levee project which the department determines, after a public hearing, is in critical need of improvement and which is highly sus
• § 12227 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Nejedly-Mobley Delta Levees Act”.
• § 12230 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a serious problem of water quality exists in the San Joaquin River between the junction of the San Joaquin River and the Merced River and the junction of
• § 12231 — It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no person, corporation or public or private agency or the State or the United States should divert water from the San Joaquin River and its tri
• § 12232 — The State Water Resources Control Board, the State Department of Water Resources, the California Water Commission, and any other agency of the state having jurisdiction, shall do nothing, in connectio
• § 12233 — Nothing in this part shall be construed as affecting the quality of water diverted into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta from the Sacramento River, nor as affecting any vested right to the use of wate
• § 1225 — Except as provided in Article 2.
• § 12250 — The department is authorized to construct a recreation project in the vicinity of the City of Oroville along the Feather River.
• § 12251 — In order to construct the recreation project authorized pursuant to Section 12250, the department may exercise any of the powers conferred upon it by the provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section
• § 12252 — Construction of the recreation project authorized pursuant to Section 12250 shall be contingent upon a favorable environmental impact determination, and upon the execution of an agreement with a local
• § 12255 — Any land acquisition for the purposes of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Govern
• § 1226 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is necessary and beneficial to the state to clear up many heretofore uncertain conditions of water rights which are the result of a large number of dams and
• § 1226.1 — The owner of any dam or other water impoundment structure constructed prior to January 1, 1969, the capacity of which is not in excess of 10 acre-feet on January 1, 1975, and concerning which water ri
• § 1226.2 — (a) Any person who has a valid water right pursuant to Section 1226.
• § 1226.3 — Each claim of water right shall be accompanied by a fee which shall be in an amount determined by the board to cover the reasonable administrative costs of processing the claim.
• § 1226.4 — The board may, after notice and hearing, revoke any certificate of a water right granted pursuant to this article upon a finding that the water has ceased to be used for the purposes specified in Sect
• § 1227 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to provide a priority of right to appropriate water for various beneficial water uses which were initiated by the United States, or