PART 2.55. SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION [10608. - 10609.42.]

Part 2.55 added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 1.

§§ 10608–10609.42 · 53 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Declarations and Policy §§ 10608–10608.8 · 3 sections

   • § 10608 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Water is a public resource that the California Constitution protects against waste and…
   • § 10608.4 It is the intent of the Legislature, by the enactment of this part, to do all of the following: (a) Require all water suppliers to increase the efficiency of…
   • § 10608.8 (a) (1) Water use efficiency measures adopted and implemented pursuant to this part or Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 10800) are water conservation measures…
2. CHAPTER 2. Definitions § 10608.12 · 1 section

   • § 10608.12 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this part: (a) “Affordable housing” has the same meaning as defined…
3. CHAPTER 2.5. Nonfunctional Turf § 10608.14 · 1 section

   • § 10608.14 (a) The use of potable water for the irrigation of nonfunctional turf located on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties, other than a cemetery,…
4. CHAPTER 3. Urban Retail Water Suppliers §§ 10608.16–10608.44 · 14 sections

   • § 10608.16 (a) The state shall achieve a 20-percent reduction in urban per capita water use in California on or before December 31, 2020. (b) The state shall make…
   • § 10608.20 (a) (1) Each urban retail water supplier shall develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target by July 1, 2011. Urban retail water…
   • § 10608.22 Notwithstanding the method adopted by an urban retail water supplier pursuant to Section 10608.20, an urban retail water supplier’s per capita daily water use…
   • § 10608.24 (a) Each urban retail water supplier shall meet its interim urban water use target by December 31, 2015. (b) Each urban retail water supplier shall meet its…
   • § 10608.26 (a) In complying with this part, an urban retail water supplier shall conduct at least one public hearing to accomplish all of the following: (1) Allow…
   • § 10608.28 (a) An urban retail water supplier may meet its urban water use target within its retail service area, or through mutual agreement, by any of the following:…
   • § 10608.32 All costs incurred pursuant to this part by a water utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission may be recoverable in rates subject to review and…
   • § 10608.34 (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2017, the department shall adopt rules for all of the following: (A) The conduct of standardized water loss audits by urban…
   • § 10608.35 (a) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and make a recommendation to the Legislature, by January…
   • § 10608.36 Urban wholesale water suppliers shall include in the urban water management plans required pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) an assessment…
   • § 10608.40 Urban water retail suppliers shall report to the department on their progress in meeting their urban water use targets as part of their urban water management…
   • § 10608.42 (a) The department shall review the 2015 urban water management plans and report to the Legislature by July 1, 2017, on progress towards achieving a 20-percent…
   • § 10608.43 The department, in conjunction with the California Urban Water Conservation Council, by April 1, 2010, shall convene a representative task force consisting of…
   • § 10608.44 Each state agency shall reduce water use at facilities it operates to support urban retail water suppliers in meeting the target identified in Section 10608.16.
5. CHAPTER 4. Agricultural Water Suppliers § 10608.48 · 1 section

   • § 10608.48 (a) On or before July 31, 2012, an agricultural water supplier shall implement efficient water management practices pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c). (b)…
6. CHAPTER 5. Sustainable Water Management § 10608.50 · 1 section

   • § 10608.50 (a) The department, in consultation with the board, shall promote implementation of regional water resources management practices through increased incentives…
7. CHAPTER 6. Standardized Data Collection § 10608.52 · 1 section

   • § 10608.52 (a) The department, in consultation with the board, the California Bay-Delta Authority or its successor agency, the State Department of Public Health, and the…
8. CHAPTER 7. Funding Provisions §§ 10608.56–10608.60 · 2 sections

   • § 10608.56 (a) On and after July 1, 2016, an urban retail water supplier is not eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the state unless the…
   • § 10608.60 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds made available by Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code should be expended, consistent with Division 43…
9. CHAPTER 8. Quantifying Agricultural Water Use Efficiency § 10608.64 · 1 section

   • § 10608.64 The department, in consultation with the Agricultural Water Management Council, academic experts, and other stakeholders, shall develop a methodology for…
10. CHAPTER 9. Urban Water Use Objectives and Water Use Reporting §§ 10609–10609.38 · 26 sections

    • § 10609 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter establishes a method to estimate the aggregate amount of water that would have been delivered the…
    • § 10609.2 (a) The board, in coordination with the department, shall adopt long-term standards for the efficient use of water pursuant to this chapter on or before June…
    • § 10609.4 (a) (1) Until January 1, 2025, the standard for indoor residential water use shall be 55 gallons per capita daily. (2) Beginning January 1, 2025, and until…
    • § 10609.6 (a) (1) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend, no later than October 1, 2021,…
    • § 10609.8 (a) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend, no later than October 1, 2021, standards…
    • § 10609.9 For purposes of Sections 10609.6 and 10609.8, “principles of the model water efficient landscape ordinance” means those provisions of the model water efficient…
    • § 10609.10 (a) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend, no later than October 1, 2021,…
    • § 10609.12 The standards for water loss for urban retail water suppliers shall be the standards adopted by the board pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 10608.34.
    • § 10609.14 (a) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and, no later than October 1, 2021, recommend for…
    • § 10609.15 To help streamline water data reporting, the department and the board shall do all of the following: (a) Identify urban water reporting requirements shared by…
    • § 10609.16 The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend, no later than October 1, 2021, guidelines and…
    • § 10609.18 The department and the board shall solicit broad public participation from stakeholders and other interested persons in the development of the standards and…
    • § 10609.20 (a) Each urban retail water supplier shall calculate its urban water use objective no later than January 1, 2024, and by January 1 every year thereafter. (b)…
    • § 10609.21 (a) For purposes of Section 10609.20, and notwithstanding paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 10609.20, “existing facility” also includes the North…
    • § 10609.22 (a) An urban retail water supplier shall calculate its actual urban water use no later than January 1, 2024, and by January 1 every year thereafter. (b) The…
    • § 10609.24 (a) An urban retail water supplier shall submit a report to the department no later than January 1, 2024, and by January 1 every year thereafter. The report…
    • § 10609.25 As part of the first report submitted to the department by an urban retail water supplier no later than January 1, 2024, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section…
    • § 10609.26 (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2024, the board may issue informational orders pertaining to water production, water use, and water conservation to an urban…
    • § 10609.27 Notwithstanding Section 10609.26, the board shall not issue an information order, written notice, or conservation order pursuant to Section 10609.26 if both of…
    • § 10609.28 The board may issue a regulation or informational order requiring a wholesale water supplier, an urban retail water supplier, or a distributor of a public…
    • § 10609.30 On or before January 10, 2024, the Legislative Analyst shall provide to the appropriate policy committees of both houses of the Legislature and the public a…
    • § 10609.32 It is the intent of the Legislature that the chairperson of the board and the director of the department appear before the appropriate policy committees of…
    • § 10609.33 (a) On or before January 1, 2028, the department, in coordination with the board, shall submit a report to the Legislature on the progress of urban retail…
    • § 10609.34 Notwithstanding Section 15300.2 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, an action of the board taken under this chapter shall be deemed to be a…
    • § 10609.36 (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to determine or alter water rights. Sections 1010 and 1011 apply to water conserved through implementation of…
    • § 10609.38 The board may waive the requirements of this chapter for a period of up to five years for any urban retail water supplier whose water deliveries are…
11. CHAPTER 10. Countywide Drought and Water Shortage Contingency Plans §§ 10609.40–10609.42 · 2 sections

    • § 10609.40 The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) Small water suppliers and rural communities are often not covered by established water shortage…
    • § 10609.42 (a) No later than January 1, 2020, the department, in consultation with the board and other relevant state and local agencies and stakeholders, shall use…