{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"60221","citation":"Wat. Code, ยง 60221","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 18. WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS [60000. - 60622.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-18"},{"name":"PART 4. POWERS [60220. - 60232.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-18/part-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Purposes and Powers [60220. - 60226.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-18/part-4/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 28, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 1996.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"

Without being limited to the following enumerations, a district may, among other things but only for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district:

(a) Buy and sell water;

(b) Exchange water;

(c) Distribute water to persons in exchange for ceasing or reducing ground water extractions;

(d) Spread, sink and inject water into the underground;

(e) Store, transport, recapture, recycle, purify, treat or otherwise manage and control water for the beneficial use of persons or property within the district.

(f) Build the necessary works to achieve ground water replenishment.

","text":"Without being limited to the following enumerations, a district may, among other things but only for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district: (a) Buy and sell water; (b) Exchange water; (c) Distribute water to persons in exchange for ceasing or reducing ground water extractions; (d) Spread, sink and inject water into the underground; (e) Store, transport, recapture, recycle, purify, treat or otherwise manage and control water for the beneficial use of persons or property within the district. (f) Build the necessary works to achieve ground water replenishment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/purposes-and-powers-60221","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}