PART 2.6. URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING [10610. - 10657.]
Part 2.6 added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1009, Sec. 1.
§§ 10610–10657 · 44 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Declaration and Policy §§ 10610–10610.4 · 3 sections
- § 10610 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Urban Water Management Planning Act.”
- § 10610.2 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The waters of the state are a limited and renewable resource subject to ever-increasing…
- § 10610.4 The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state as follows: (a) The management of urban water demands and efficient use of water shall be…
CHAPTER 2. Definitions §§ 10611–10618 · 12 sections
- § 10611 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of this chapter govern the construction of this part.
- § 10611.3 “Customer” means a purchaser of water from a water supplier who uses the water for municipal purposes, including residential, commercial, governmental, and…
- § 10611.5 “Demand management” means those water conservation measures, programs, and incentives that prevent the waste of water and promote the reasonable and efficient…
- § 10612 “Drought risk assessment” means a method that examines water shortage risks based on the driest five-year historic sequence for the agency’s water supply, as…
- § 10613 “Efficient use” means those management measures that result in the most effective use of water so as to prevent its waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable…
- § 10614 “Person” means any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust, corporation, company, public agency, or any agency of such an…
- § 10615 “Plan” means an urban water management plan prepared pursuant to this part. A plan shall describe and evaluate sources of supply, reasonable and practical…
- § 10616 “Public agency” means any board, commission, county, city and county, city, regional agency, district, or other public entity.
- § 10616.5 ‛Recycled water” means the reclamation and reuse of wastewater for beneficial use.
- § 10617 “Urban water supplier” means a supplier, either publicly or privately owned, providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to more than…
- § 10617.5 “Water shortage contingency plan” means a document that incorporates the provisions detailed in subdivision (a) of Section 10632 and is subsequently adopted by…
- § 10618 “Water supply and demand assessment” means a method that looks at current year and one or more dry year supplies and demands for determining water shortage…
CHAPTER 3. Urban Water Management Plans §§ 10620–10645 · 21 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 10620–10621 · 2 sections
- § 10620 (a) Every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt an urban water management plan in the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10640). (b)…
- § 10621 (a) Each urban water supplier shall update its plan at least once every five years on or before July 1, in years ending in six and one, incorporating updated…
ARTICLE 2. Contents of Plans §§ 10630–10634 · 12 sections
- § 10630 It is the intention of the Legislature, in enacting this part, to permit levels of water management planning commensurate with the numbers of customers served…
- § 10630.5 Each plan shall include a simple lay description of how much water the agency has on a reliable basis, how much it needs for the foreseeable future, what the…
- § 10631 A plan shall be adopted in accordance with this chapter that shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the service area of the supplier, including current…
- § 10631.1 (a) The water use projections required by Section 10631 shall include projected water use for single-family and multifamily residential housing needed for…
- § 10631.2 (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 10631, an urban water management plan shall include any of the following information that the urban water…
- § 10632 (a) Every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt a water shortage contingency plan as part of its urban water management plan that consists of each of…
- § 10632.1 An urban water supplier shall conduct an annual water supply and demand assessment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10632 and, on or before July 1 of…
- § 10632.2 An urban water supplier shall follow, where feasible and appropriate, the prescribed procedures and implement determined shortage response actions in its water…
- § 10632.3 It is the intent of the Legislature that, upon proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7…
- § 10632.5 (a) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 10632, beginning January 1, 2020, the plan shall include a seismic risk…
- § 10633 The plan shall provide, to the extent available, information on recycled water and its potential for use as a water source in the service area of the urban…
- § 10634 The plan shall include information, to the extent practicable, relating to the quality of existing sources of water available to the supplier over the same…
ARTICLE 2.5. Water Service Reliability § 10635 · 1 section
- § 10635 (a) Every urban water supplier shall include, as part of its urban water management plan, an assessment of the reliability of its water service to its…
ARTICLE 3. Adoption and Implementation of Plans §§ 10640–10645 · 6 sections
- § 10640 (a) Every urban water supplier required to prepare a plan pursuant to this part shall prepare its plan pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 10630).…
- § 10641 An urban water supplier required to prepare a plan or a water shortage contingency plan may consult with, and obtain comments from, any public agency or state…
- § 10642 Each urban water supplier shall encourage the active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and economic elements of the population within the service area…
- § 10643 An urban water supplier shall implement its plan adopted pursuant to this chapter in accordance with the schedule set forth in its plan.
- § 10644 (a) (1) An urban water supplier shall submit to the department, the California State Library, and any city or county within which the supplier provides water…
- § 10645 (a) Not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its plan with the department, the urban water supplier and the department shall make the plan available for…
CHAPTER 4. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 10650–10657 · 8 sections
- § 10650 Any actions or proceedings, other than actions by the board, to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the acts or decisions of an urban water supplier on…
- § 10651 In any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul a plan or a water shortage contingency plan, or an action taken pursuant to either by…
- § 10652 The California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) does not apply to the preparation and…
- § 10653 The adoption of a plan shall satisfy any requirements of state law, regulation, or order, including those of the board and the Public Utilities Commission, for…
- § 10654 An urban water supplier may recover in its rates the costs incurred in preparing its urban water management plan, its drought risk assessment, its water supply…
- § 10655 If any provision of this part or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or…
- § 10656 An urban water supplier is not eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the state unless the urban water supplier complies with this part.
- § 10657 The department may adopt regulations regarding the definitions of water, water use, and reporting periods, and may adopt any other regulations deemed necessary…