CHAPTER 10. Water Wells and Cathodic Protection Wells [13700. - 13806.]
Chapter 10 added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.
§§ 13700–13806 · 21 sections
ARTICLE 1. Declaration of Policy §§ 13700–13701 · 2 sections
- § 13700 The Legislature finds that the greater portion of the water used in this state is obtained from underground sources and that those waters are subject to…
- § 13701 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Improperly constructed and abandoned water wells, cathodic protection wells, groundwater…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 13710–13713 · 5 sections
- § 13710 “Well” or “water well” as used in this chapter, means any artificial excavation constructed by any method for the purpose of extracting water from, or…
- § 13711 “Cathodic protection well,” as used in this chapter, means any artificial excavation in excess of 50 feet constructed by any method for the purpose of…
- § 13712 “Monitoring well” as used in this chapter, means any artificial excavation by any method for the purpose of monitoring fluctuations in groundwater levels,…
- § 13712.5 Notwithstanding Section 13712, all wells constructed for the purpose of monitoring the presence of groundwater which has adversely affected, or threatens to…
- § 13713 “Geothermal heat exchange well,” as used in this chapter, means any uncased artificial excavation, by any method, that uses the heat exchange capacity of the…
ARTICLE 3. Reports §§ 13750.5–13755 · 6 sections
- § 13750.5 No person shall undertake to dig, bore, or drill a water well, cathodic protection well, groundwater monitoring well, or geothermal heat exchange well, to…
- § 13751 (a) Every person who digs, bores, or drills a water well, cathodic protection well, groundwater monitoring well, or geothermal heat exchange well, abandons or…
- § 13752 (a) Reports made in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 13751 shall be made available as follows: (1) To governmental agencies. (2) To…
- § 13753 Every person who hereafter converts, for use as a water well, cathodic protection well, or monitoring well, any oil or gas well originally constructed under…
- § 13754 Failure to comply with any provision of this article, or willful and deliberate falsification of any report required by this article, is a misdemeanor. Before…
- § 13755 This chapter does not affect the powers and duties of the State Department of Public Health with respect to water and water systems pursuant to Chapter 4…
ARTICLE 4. Quality Control §§ 13800–13806 · 8 sections
- § 13800 The department, after the studies and investigations pursuant to Section 231 as it finds necessary, on determining that water well, cathodic protection well,…
- § 13800.5 (a) (1) The department shall develop recommended standards for the construction, maintenance, abandonment, or destruction of geothermal heat exchange wells.…
- § 13801 (a) The regional board, upon receipt of a report from the department pursuant to Section 13800, shall hold a public hearing on the need to establish well…
- § 13802 If the regional board finds that standards of water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well construction, maintenance, abandonment, and destruction…
- § 13803 Each such affected county and city shall, within 120 days of receipt of the report, adopt an ordinance establishing standards of water well, cathodic…
- § 13804 Such county and city well standards shall take effect 60 days from the date of their adoption by the county or city unless the regional board, on its own…
- § 13805 If a county or city fails to adopt an ordinance establishing water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well construction, maintenance, abandonment,…
- § 13806 Any action, report, or determination taken or adopted by a regional board or any failure of a regional board to act pursuant to this article, or any county or…