PART 12. DRINKING WATER [116270. - 117130.]
Part 12 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.
§§ 116270–117130 · 230 sections
CHAPTER 4. California Safe Drinking Water Act §§ 116270–116755 · 114 sections
ARTICLE 1. Pure and Safe Drinking Water §§ 116270–116293 · 11 sections
- § 116270 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Every resident of California has the right to pure and safe drinking water. (b) Feasible and…
- § 116271 (a) The state board succeeds to and is vested with all of the authority, duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State…
- § 116275 As used in this chapter: (a) “Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. (b) “Department” means the…
- § 116276 (a) The state board shall establish a program, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to award grants to local educational agencies for the…
- § 116277 (a) (1) When making outreach attempts to elementary schools and childcare facilities for the purposes of offering lead sampling in drinking water, pursuant to…
- § 116280 This chapter does not apply to a public water system that meets all of the following conditions: (a) Consists only of distribution and storage facilities and…
- § 116285 Before August 6, 1998, this chapter shall not apply to an irrigation canal system if the owner or operator of the system certifies to the department, and…
- § 116286 (a) A water district, as defined in subdivision (b), in existence prior to May 18, 1994, that provides primarily agricultural services through a piped water…
- § 116287 (a) The department, in implementing subdivision (s) of Section 116275 and Section 116286, shall place requirements on affected public water systems and water…
- § 116290 Before August 6, 1998, in areas where the water service rendered by a person is primarily agricultural, and domestic service is only incidental thereto, this…
- § 116293 (a) On January 1, 2003, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall perform a risk assessment and, based upon that risk assessment, shall adopt…
ARTICLE 2. Department and Local Responsibilities §§ 116325–116345 · 7 sections
- § 116325 The department shall be responsible for ensuring that all public water systems are operated in compliance with this chapter and any regulations adopted…
- § 116326 In administering programs to fund improvements and expansions of small community water systems, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Give priority…
- § 116330 (a) The department may delegate primary responsibility for the administration and enforcement of this chapter within a county to a local health officer…
- § 116335 (a) The public water systems serving the City of Maywood shall conduct, publish, and submit to the City of Maywood, the State Department of Public Health, the…
- § 116340 This chapter shall not apply to state small water systems except as provided under this section: (a) The state board shall adopt regulations specifying minimum…
- § 116341 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) and subject to subdivision (b), a public water system shall not be determined, held, considered, or otherwise deemed…
- § 116345 (a) The local health officer shall submit a report monthly to the department regarding the status of compliance with this chapter by the public water systems…
ARTICLE 3. Operations §§ 116350–116407 · 25 sections
- § 116350 (a) The department shall administer the provisions of this chapter and all other provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public…
- § 116355 (a) Once every five years the state board shall submit to the Legislature a comprehensive Safe Drinking Water Plan for California. (b) The Safe Drinking Water…
- § 116360 (a) The department shall take all reasonable measures it determines necessary to reduce the risk to public health from waterborne illnesses in drinking water…
- § 116361 (a) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall place a priority on the development of a public health goal for arsenic in drinking water,…
- § 116365 (a) The state board shall adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water that are based upon the criteria set forth in subdivision…
- § 116365.01 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, including Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2, and…
- § 116365.02 (a) The department may adopt, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11346.2 of the Government Code, any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the…
- § 116365.03 The state board may adopt as an emergency regulation, a regulation, except a regulation that establishes maximum contaminant levels for primary and secondary…
- § 116365.2 (a) In conducting the periodic review and revision of public health goals pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 116365, the Office of…
- § 116365.5 (a) The Department of Health Services shall commence the process for adopting a primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium that complies with the…
- § 116366 (a) No public water system, or its customers, shall be responsible for remediation or treatment costs associated with MTBE, or a product that contains MTBE,…
- § 116367.5 The department shall establish a Research Advisory Committee, which shall consist of 11 members. The department shall provide for the support staff and meeting…
- § 116370 On or before January 1, 1998, the department shall propose, hold a public hearing, and adopt a finding of the best available technology for each contaminant…
- § 116375 The department shall adopt regulations it determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The regulations shall include, but not be…
- § 116376 (a) The state board, on or before July 1, 2020, shall adopt a definition of microplastics in drinking water. (b) The state board, on or before July 1, 2021,…
- § 116376.2 (a) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall study the health effects of microplastics, consistent with Section 116365, in drinking and…
- § 116377 The department may adopt emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the…
- § 116378 (a) The state board may order a public water system to monitor for perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in accordance with conditions set…
- § 116380 (a) The State Water Resources Control Board shall adopt regulations governing the use of point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment by public water systems in…
- § 116385 (a) Any person operating a public water system shall obtain and provide at that person’s expense an analysis of the water to the state board, in the form,…
- § 116390 (a) No laboratory, other than a laboratory operated by the department, shall perform tests required pursuant to this chapter for any public water system…
- § 116395 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The large water system testing program has discovered chemical contamination of the state’s…
- § 116400 If the department determines that a public water system is subject to potential contamination, the department may, by order, require the public water system to…
- § 116405 (a) In counties with a population not exceeding 500,000 persons as shown by the 1970 federal decennial census, any public water system supplying both domestic…
- § 116407 (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the state board shall adopt standards for backflow protection and cross-connection control. (b) (1) The state board may…
ARTICLE 3.5. Fluoridation of Drinking Water §§ 116409–116415 · 3 sections
- § 116409 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Promotion of the public health of Californians of all ages by protection and maintenance of dental…
- § 116410 (a) Each public water system with at least 10,000 service connections and with a natural level of fluorides that is less than the minimum established in the…
- § 116415 (a) (1) A public water system is not required to fluoridate pursuant to Section 116410, or the regulations adopted thereunder by the department, in any of the…
ARTICLE 3.6. Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund §§ 116416–116424 · 9 sections
- § 116416 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “CEC” means a constituent of emerging concern. (b) “Panel” means the Science Advisory Panel…
- § 116417 (a) The state board shall build upon its existing work dealing with, and work to improve its knowledge of, CECs in waters of the state and drinking water. As…
- § 116418 (a) The deputy director may convene a Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water. (b) (1) The panel may include at least nine members comprised of the…
- § 116419 (a) The panel shall serve at the direction of the deputy director. At the deputy director’s request, the panel’s duties may include, but are not limited to,…
- § 116420 (a) If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board may provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by…
- § 116421 The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the deputy director in recommending regulatory determinations for CECs and is…
- § 116422 (a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The state board shall administer the CEC Action Fund. (b) All moneys deposited in the CEC…
- § 116423 (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. Public participation may include, but is not limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder…
- § 116424 Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
ARTICLE 4. Exemptions and Variances §§ 116425–116430 · 2 sections
- § 116425 (a) The state board may exempt a public water system from a maximum contaminant level or treatment technique requirement if it finds all the following: (1) The…
- § 116430 (a) The department may grant a variance or variances from primary drinking water standards to a public water system. Any variance granted pursuant to this…
ARTICLE 5. Public Notification §§ 116450–116485 · 10 sections
- § 116450 (a) When any primary drinking water standard specified in the department’s regulations is not complied with, when a monitoring requirement specified in the…
- § 116451 If user notification is required pursuant to Section 116450, the department shall make a reasonable effort to ensure that notification is given.
- § 116455 (a) A public water system shall comply with the requirements of this section within 30 days after it is first informed of a confirmed detection of a…
- § 116456 (a) When establishing or revising a notification level or response level, the state board shall do all of the following: (1) Electronically post on its…
- § 116460 (a) A person shall not operate a public water system without an emergency notification plan that has been submitted to and approved by the department. The…
- § 116465 Upon formal complaint by the director alleging that additional facilities are necessary to provide the users of a public water system operated by a public…
- § 116470 (a) As a condition of its operating permit, every public water system shall annually prepare a consumer confidence report and mail or deliver a copy of that…
- § 116475 (a) The Emergency Clean Water Grant Fund is hereby established in the General Fund and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously…
- § 116480 (a) The department shall expend moneys available in the Emergency Clean Water Grant Fund only for the purpose of taking corrective action necessary to remedy…
- § 116485 Any remedial action taken or contracted for by the department pursuant to Section 116480 shall be exempt from the following provisions: (a) State Contract Act…
ARTICLE 6. Enforcement Responsibility § 116500 · 1 section
- § 116500 This chapter shall be enforced directly by the department for all public water systems, including state small water systems, in any county that does not have a…
ARTICLE 7. Requirements and Compliance §§ 116525–116596 · 18 sections
- § 116525 (a) No person shall operate a public water system unless he or she first submits an application to the department and receives a permit as provided in this…
- § 116527 (a) As used in this section, “water-related improvement” includes, but is not limited to, a water pipe, a water pump, or drinking water infrastructure. (b) (1)…
- § 116530 (a) A public water system shall submit a technical report to the state board as part of the permit application or when otherwise required by the state board.…
- § 116535 Upon determination that an application submitted pursuant to this chapter is complete, the department shall make a thorough investigation of the proposed or…
- § 116540 (a) Following completion of the investigation and satisfaction of the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2), the state board shall issue or deny the permit.…
- § 116545 Prior to the issuance of any new, revised, renewed, or amended permit, or the denial of a permit, the department may conduct a public hearing to obtain…
- § 116550 (a) No person operating a public water system shall modify, add to or change his or her source of supply or method of treatment of, or change his or her…
- § 116551 The state board shall not issue a permit to a public water system or amend a valid existing permit for the use of a reservoir as a source of supply that is…
- § 116552 The State Water Resources Control Board shall not issue a permit to a public water system or amend a valid existing permit to allow the use of point-of-use or…
- § 116555 (a) Any person who owns a public water system shall ensure that the system does all of the following: (1) Complies with primary and secondary drinking water…
- § 116555.5 A public water system shall implement a cross-connection control program that complies with applicable regulations and with standards adopted by the board…
- § 116556 Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 116555 and its implementing regulations, including Sections 64562 and 64568 of the California Code of Regulations,…
- § 116565 (a) Each public water system shall submit an annual fee according to a fee schedule established by the state board pursuant to subdivision (c) for the purpose…
- § 116577 (a) Each person shall reimburse the state board for actual costs incurred by the state board for any of the following enforcement activities related to that…
- § 116585 In a civil court action brought to enforce this chapter, the prevailing party or parties shall be awarded litigation costs, including, but not limited to,…
- § 116590 (a) Funds received by the state board pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into the Safe Drinking Water Account, which is hereby established, and shall…
- § 116595 (a) A public water system under the jurisdiction of a local primacy agency shall reimburse the local primacy agency for any enforcement cost incurred by the…
- § 116596 (a) The state board shall require a public water system that has experienced a wildfire event of 300 acres or more, if the event damaged or destroyed a…
ARTICLE 7.2. Technical, Managerial, and Financial Standards §§ 116600–116601 · 2 sections
- § 116600 (a) The state board shall develop and adopt minimum standards in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340)…
- § 116601 (a) Community water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people or 3,300 service connections and nontransient noncommunity water systems that serve K–12 schools…
ARTICLE 7.5. MTBE Detection § 116610 · 1 section
- § 116610 (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Local Drinking Water Protection Act. (b) For purposes of this article, “MTBE” means methyl…
ARTICLE 7.5. MTBE Detection § 116612 · 1 section
- § 116612 On or before January 1, 1999, the California Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act scientific advisory panel shall make a recommendation to the Office of…
ARTICLE 8. Violations § 116625 · 1 section
- § 116625 (a) The state board, after providing notice to the permittee and opportunity for a hearing, may suspend or revoke any permit issued pursuant to this chapter if…
ARTICLE 9. Remedies §§ 116650–116688 · 13 sections
- § 116650 (a) If the state board determines that a person is in violation of this chapter or any regulation, permit, standard, citation, or order issued or adopted…
- § 116655 (a) Whenever the state board determines that any person has violated or is violating this chapter, or any order, permit, regulation, or standard issued or…
- § 116660 (a) Any person who operates a public water system without having an unrevoked permit to do so, may be enjoined from so doing by any court of competent…
- § 116665 Whenever the department determines that any public water system is unable or unwilling to adequately serve its users, has been actually or effectively…
- § 116670 Anything done, maintained, or suffered as a result of failure to comply with any primary drinking water standard is a public nuisance dangerous to health, and…
- § 116675 Notwithstanding Sections 116340 and 116500, the department shall, after adequate notification of the local health officer, take action authorized by this…
- § 116680 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It is the policy of the state to encourage orderly growth and development, which are essential to the…
- § 116681 The following definitions shall apply to this section and Sections 116682, 116684, 116686, and 116688: (a) “Adequate supply” means sufficient water to meet…
- § 116682 (a) (1) The state board, in circumstances described in subparagraph (A) or (B), may order consolidation with a receiving water system as provided in this…
- § 116684 (a) Liability of a consolidated water system, wholesaler, or any other agency in the chain of distribution that delivers water to a consolidated water system…
- § 116686 (a) (1) To provide an adequate supply of affordable, safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities, voluntary participants, and public water systems that…
- § 116687 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “District” means the Sativa-Los Angeles County Water District. (2)…
- § 116688 (a) For the purposes of this section, “testing program” means a program that provides domestic well testing for one or more primary or secondary drinking water…
ARTICLE 10. Judicial Review §§ 116700–116701 · 2 sections
- § 116700 (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision or order issued by the state board, an aggrieved party may file with the superior court a petition for…
- § 116701 (a) (1) Within 30 days of issuance of an order or decision under authority delegated to an officer or employee of the state board under Article 8 (commencing…
ARTICLE 11. Crimes and Penalties §§ 116725–116751 · 7 sections
- § 116725 (a) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any application, record, report, or other document submitted, maintained, or used…
- § 116730 (a) Any person who knowingly does any of the following acts may, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)…
- § 116735 (a) (1) In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, a duly authorized representative of the state board may, at a reasonable hour of the day, do any of…
- § 116740 If any person fails to pay an assessment of a civil penalty after it has become a final and unappealable order, the Attorney General or the district attorney…
- § 116745 The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the…
- § 116750 (a) Any person who tampers with a public water system is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170…
- § 116751 The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall not introduce a poison to a drinking water supply for purposes of fisheries management unless the state board…
ARTICLE 12. Board Member Training § 116755 · 1 section
- § 116755 (a) Each board member of a mutual water company that operates a public water system, as defined in Section 116275, shall, within six months of taking office,…
CHAPTER 4.5. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997 §§ 116760–116762.60 · 24 sections
ARTICLE 1. Short Title § 116760 · 1 section
- § 116760 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997.
ARTICLE 2. Legislative Findings of Necessity and Cause for Action § 116760.10 · 1 section
- § 116760.10 (a) Because the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300j et seq.) provides for establishment of a perpetual drinking water revolving fund, which…
ARTICLE 3. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund §§ 116760.20–116760.46 · 11 sections
- § 116760.20 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Acceptable result” means the project that, when…
- § 116760.30 (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for the purpose of implementing this chapter, and,…
- § 116760.38 Subject to all applicable constitutional restrictions, a city, county, or special district may borrow money and incur indebtedness pursuant to this chapter.
- § 116760.39 (a) In addition to the actions described in Section 116760.40, the board may, to implement the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, improve access to…
- § 116760.40 (a) The board may undertake any of the following actions to implement the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: (1) Enter into agreements with the federal…
- § 116760.41 Moneys in the fund and the special accounts may be expended for additional purposes provided in the federal act.
- § 116760.42 (a) The board may enter into an agreement with the federal government for federal contributions to the fund only if the board is prepared to commit to…
- § 116760.43 (a) The board shall implement this chapter pursuant to the adoption of a policy handbook that is not subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing…
- § 116760.44 (a) The board may deposit administrative fees and charges paid by public water systems and other available and necessary money into an account of the fund. (b)…
- § 116760.45 (a) For purposes of this section “act” means the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any…
- § 116760.46 (a) The Safe Drinking Water Small Community Emergency Grant Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) The following moneys shall be deposited in the…
ARTICLE 4. Establishment and Utilization of Priority List for Funding § 116760.50 · 1 section
- § 116760.50 (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements. (b) To…
ARTICLE 5. Project Eligibility, Funding, and Contracts §§ 116761.20–116761.40 · 2 sections
- § 116761.20 (a) Planning and preliminary engineering studies, project design, and construction costs incurred by a community water system or not-for-profit noncommunity…
- § 116761.40 (a) The failure or inability of any public water system to receive funds under this chapter or any other financial assistance program or any delay in obtaining…
ARTICLE 6. Contracts for Project Funding §§ 116761.50–116761.51 · 2 sections
- § 116761.50 (a) The board may enter into financing agreements with applicants for the purposes set forth in this chapter. (b) If the board provides construction financing,…
- § 116761.51 (a) As a condition of receiving construction financing under this article for work performed at the City of San Diego’s North City Water Reclamation Plant,…
ARTICLE 7. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Management §§ 116761.62–116761.86 · 5 sections
- § 116761.62 (a) To the extent permitted by federal and state law, moneys in the fund may be expended to rebate to the federal government all arbitrage profits required by…
- § 116761.65 (a) The board shall establish, and may periodically adjust, the interest rate for repayable financing made pursuant to this chapter at a rate not to exceed 50…
- § 116761.70 (a) The Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Administration Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) The following moneys shall be deposited into…
- § 116761.85 (a) Moneys repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed pursuant to this chapter, including interest payments and all interest earned on or accruing…
- § 116761.86 To the extent amounts in the fund are not required for current obligation or expenditure, those amounts shall be invested in interest bearing obligations, and…
ARTICLE 8. Source Water Protection Program § 116762.60 · 1 section
- § 116762.60 (a) The board shall, contingent upon receiving federal capitalization grant funds, develop and implement a program to protect sources of drinking water. In…
CHAPTER 4.6. Safe and Affordable Drinking Water §§ 116765–116772 · 10 sections
ARTICLE 1. Findings and Declarations § 116765 · 1 section
- § 116765 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Every Californian should enjoy the same degree of protection from environmental and health…
ARTICLE 2. Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund § 116766 · 1 section
- § 116766 (a) The Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to help water systems provide an adequate and affordable supply of…
ARTICLE 3. Definitions § 116767 · 1 section
- § 116767 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Adequate supply” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681. (b) “Administrator” has the same meaning as defined in…
ARTICLE 4. Fund Expenditure Plan §§ 116768–116770 · 4 sections
- § 116768 The purposes of the fund expenditure plan are as follows: (a) To identify public water systems, community water systems, and state small water systems that…
- § 116768.5 (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the board shall develop and adopt a policy for developing the fund expenditure plan that includes all of the following elements:…
- § 116769 (a) The fund expenditure plan shall contain the following: (1) A report of expenditures from the fund for the prior fiscal year and planned expenditures for…
- § 116770 The fund expenditure plan may include expenditures for the following: (a) The provision of replacement water, as needed, to ensure immediate protection of…
ARTICLE 5. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 116771–116771.5 · 2 sections
- § 116771 (a) The board may undertake any of the following actions to implement the fund: (1) Provide for the deposit of any of the following moneys into the fund: (A)…
- § 116771.5 (a) This chapter does not expand any obligation of the state to provide resources for the provisions of this article or to require the expenditure of…
ARTICLE 6. Information on High-Risk Areas § 116772 · 1 section
- § 116772 (a) (1) By January 1, 2021, the board, in consultation with local health officers and other relevant stakeholders, shall use available data to make available a…
CHAPTER 4.7. Water and Wastewater System Payments Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 §§ 116773–116773.8 · 6 sections
- § 116773 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Water and Wastewater System Payments Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. see note
- § 116773.2 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275. (b) “COVID-19… see note
- § 116773.4 (a) The California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program is hereby established in the state board to implement this chapter. (b) (1) The state board… see note
- § 116773.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any assistance or relief authorized by, and provided by a community water system or a wastewater treatment provider to an… see note
- § 116773.6 (a) Actions by the state board to implement this chapter, including the adoption or development of any plan, handbook, guidelines, reporting and audit… see note
- § 116773.8 (a) This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed. (b) Notwithstanding the repeal of this chapter, any claim…
CHAPTER 4.8. Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Communities Funding Program §§ 116774–116774.1 · 2 sections
- § 116774 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (b) “Community water system” means a…
- § 116774.1 (a) Upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature for this purpose, in accordance with this chapter, the board may provide grants and direct expenditures…
CHAPTER 5. Water Equipment and Control §§ 116775–116890 · 28 sections
ARTICLE 1. Water Softeners §§ 116775–116795 · 7 sections
- § 116775 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the utilization of the waters of the state by residential consumers for general domestic purposes, including…
- § 116780 (a) Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article. (b) “Clock control” means the system…
- § 116785 Except as provided in Section 116786, a residential water softening or conditioning appliance may be installed only if either of the following apply: (a) The…
- § 116786 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 116785, a local agency may, by ordinance, limit the availability, or prohibit the installation, of residential…
- § 116787 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 116786, the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District, or any successor district, may, by ordinance adopted…
- § 116790 Any water softening appliance in place at a residential dwelling prior to January 1, 1980, in those areas being served by sewage treatment facilities that have…
- § 116795 The certification required by this article shall be provided by the new user of the appliance and shall be completed by a contractor having a valid Class C-55…
ARTICLE 2. Cross-Connection Control by Water Users §§ 116800–116820 · 5 sections
- § 116800 Local health officers may maintain programs for the control of cross-connections by water users, within the users’ premises, where public exposure to drinking…
- § 116805 (a) Local health officers may maintain programs, in cooperation with water suppliers, to protect against backflow through service connections into the public…
- § 116810 To ensure that testing and maintenance of backflow prevention devices are performed by persons qualified to do testing and maintenance, local health officers…
- § 116815 (a) All pipes installed above or below the ground, on and after June 1, 1993, that are designed to carry recycled water, shall be colored purple or…
- § 116820 Any person who violates any provision of this article, violates any order of the local health officer pursuant to this article, or knowingly files a false…
ARTICLE 3. Water Treatment Devices §§ 116825–116865 · 11 sections
- § 116825 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern construction of this article: (a) “Water treatment device” means any point of use…
- § 116831 All regulations adopted pursuant to this article prior to January 1, 2014, are repealed.
- § 116832 (a) Commencing January 1, 2014, each manufacturer that offers for sale in California a water treatment device for which it makes a health or safety claim…
- § 116835 (a) A water treatment device for which a health or safety claim is made shall not be sold or otherwise distributed unless the device is included on the list of…
- § 116836 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a certificate issued by the department shall not be valid unless the application for certification was filed on or before…
- § 116840 (a) The department, or any local health officer with the concurrence of the department, shall enforce this article. (b) The department may remove a water…
- § 116845 The department shall publish semiannually on its Internet Web site the following: (a) (1) A list of water treatment devices for which a valid certification was…
- § 116850 (a) The department shall charge and collect the applicable annual fee, as established pursuant to subdivision (b), from each manufacturer that submits…
- § 116855 This article shall not apply to residential self-regenerating water softeners, as defined in Section 13148 of the Water Code.
- § 116860 There is in the State Treasury the Water Device Certification Special Account. Fees collected pursuant to Section 116850 shall be deposited in the account…
- § 116865 The Director of Finance may authorize the department to borrow up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the purpose of implementing this article from…
ARTICLE 4. Lead Materials §§ 116875–116890 · 5 sections
- § 116875 (a) No person shall use any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or flux that is not lead free in the installation or repair of any public water…
- § 116876 (a) Commencing January 1, 2023, a person shall not manufacture, and offer for sale in the state, an endpoint device intended to convey or dispense water for…
- § 116880 The department shall adopt building standards to implement Section 116875. The standards shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with…
- § 116885 (a) By July 1, 2018, a community water system shall compile an inventory of known lead user service lines in use in its distribution system and identify areas…
- § 116890 (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Community water system” has the same meaning as in Section 116275. (2) “Public water…
CHAPTER 6. Discontinuation of Residential Water Service §§ 116900–116926 · 14 sections
- § 116900 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Water Shutoff Protection Act.
- § 116902 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (b) “Community water system” has…
- § 116904 (a) An urban water supplier not regulated by the Public Utilities Commission shall comply with this chapter on and after February 1, 2020. (b) An urban and…
- § 116906 (a) A covered water system that serves 200 or more service connections shall have a written policy on discontinuation of residential service for nonpayment…
- § 116908 (a) (1) (A) A covered water system shall not discontinue residential service for nonpayment until a payment by a customer has been delinquent for at least 60…
- § 116910 (a) A covered water system shall not discontinue residential service for nonpayment if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The customer, or a tenant…
- § 116912 A covered water system that discontinues residential service for nonpayment shall provide the customer with information on how to restore residential service.
- § 116914 (a) For a residential customer who demonstrates to a covered water system household income below 200 percent of the federal poverty line, the covered water…
- § 116916 (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling. (b)…
- § 116918 A covered water system shall report the number of annual discontinuations of residential service for inability to pay on the covered water system’s internet…
- § 116920 (a) The Attorney General, at the request of the board or upon the Attorney General’s own motion, may bring an action in state court to do either of the…
- § 116922 All written notices required under this chapter shall be provided in English, the languages listed in Section 1632 of the Civil Code, and any other language…
- § 116924 Where provisions of existing law are duplicative of this chapter, compliance with one shall be deemed compliance with the other. Where those provisions are…
- § 116926 This chapter does not apply to the termination of a service connection by a covered water system due to an unauthorized action of a customer.
CHAPTER 7. Water Supply §§ 116975–117130 · 32 sections
ARTICLE 1. Water Supply Provisions §§ 116975–117075 · 21 sections
- § 116975 No person shall put the carcass of any dead animal, or the offal from any slaughter pen, corral, or butcher shop, into any river, creek, pond, reservoir, or…
- § 116980 No person shall put any water closet, privy, cesspool or septic tank, or the carcass of any dead animal, or any offal of any kind, in, or upon the borders of,…
- § 116985 No person shall allow any water closet, privy, cesspool, or septic tank, or carcass of any dead animal, or any offal of any kind, to remain in or upon the…
- § 116990 No person shall keep any horses, mules, cattle, swine, sheep, or live stock of any kind, penned, corralled, or housed on, over, or on the borders of any…
- § 116995 No person shall cause or permit any horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, or any kind of live stock or domestic animals, to pollute the waters, or tributaries…
- § 117000 No person shall bathe, except as permitted by law, in any stream, pond, lake, or reservoir from which water is drawn for the supply of any portion of the…
- § 117005 Nothing in this article shall be held to prevent the grazing of livestock in areas embracing any stream or watershed where the grazing would not tend to render…
- § 117010 Every person who washes clothes in any spring, stream, river, lake, reservoir, well, or other waters that are used or intended for drinking purposes by the…
- § 117015 Every person who violates, or refuses or neglects to conform to, any sanitary rule, order, or regulation prescribed by the department for the prevention of the…
- § 117020 No person shall construct, maintain, or use any waste well extending to or into a subterranean water-bearing stratum that is used or intended to be used as, or…
- § 117025 It is unlawful for the owner, tenant, lessee, or occupant of any houseboat or boat intended for or capable of being used as a residence, house, dwelling, or…
- § 117030 Violation of this article may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of any person whose supply of water for human or animal…
- § 117035 Anything done, maintained, or suffered, in violation of any of the provisions of this article is a public nuisance, dangerous to health, and may be summarily…
- § 117040 A city, city and county, district or other public agency, owning or operating a reservoir used for domestic or drinking water purposes, may open to public…
- § 117045 Before the reservoir and its surrounding land are opened to public fishing the public agency owning or operating the reservoir shall determine that the public…
- § 117050 Public fishing shall not be conducted in a reservoir or on its surrounding land if the reservoir is used as a regulating reservoir to meet daily or peak…
- § 117055 The department may allow public fishing on any terminal reservoir if it finds that adequate means are being used to protect drinking water quality and that…
- § 117060 The public agency owning or operating the reservoir may establish and collect fees, including charges for motor vehicle parking, for the construction and…
- § 117065 The public agency shall cause a copy of the rules and regulations to be posted upon the area opened to public fishing and other recreational uses, and it shall…
- § 117070 Any violation of any rule or regulation lawfully made by the public agency is a misdemeanor. The superior court of the county within which the reservoir lies…
- § 117075 Sections 117040 to 117070, inclusive, shall not apply to reservoirs used for domestic or drinking water purposes that are open to fishing or recreational uses…
ARTICLE 2. Additional Water Supply Provisions §§ 117080–117125 · 10 sections
- § 117080 “Governmental agency,” as used in this article, includes a city, city and county, and district, but does not include a chartered city or city and county. “Body…
- § 117085 The board of supervisors of any county wherein is located a body of water owned by a governmental agency, that is used to supply water for human consumption…
- § 117090 Upon receipt of the amended permit, if the agency does not allow such use, it shall call for a vote of its constituents at the next statewide primary election…
- § 117095 Nothing herein contained shall permit or require fishing or other recreational uses in a secondary reservoir from which water is supplied for domestic use…
- § 117100 The ballot for the election authorized by Section 117090 shall contain the instructions required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the…
- § 117105 The governmental agency owning the body of water may fix and collect fees, including charges for motor vehicle parking, for the construction of facilities,…
- § 117110 The governmental agency shall cause a copy of the rules and regulations to be posted upon the area opened to public fishing and other recreational uses, and it…
- § 117115 As far as possible the development and operation of the recreational uses authorized by this article shall be financed out of the revenues authorized by this…
- § 117120 Any violation of any rule or regulation lawfully made by the governmental agency is a misdemeanor. The superior court of the county within which the reservoir…
- § 117125 Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may stock with fish any body of water opened to public fishing pursuant to this article.
ARTICLE 3. Punishment or Violations § 117130 · 1 section
- § 117130 Violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor.