Water Code § 6005

“Owner” includes any of the following who own, control, operate, maintain, manage, or propose to construct a dam or reservoir:

(a)The state and its departments, institutions, agencies, and political subdivisions.

(b) Every municipal or quasi-municipal corporation.

(c) Every public utility.

(d) Every district.

(e) Every person.

(f) The duly authorized agents, lessees, or trustees of any of the foregoing.

(g) Receivers or trustees appointed by any court for any of the foregoing.

“Owner” does not include the United States.