ARTICLE 1. Pure and Safe Drinking Water

Article 1 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.

§§ 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…