CHAPTER 8. Water Measurement [500. - 537.5.]

Chapter 8 added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 407, Sec. 2.

§§ 500–537.5 · 34 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Short Title § 500 · 1 section

   • § 500 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Measurement Law.
2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 510–517 · 8 sections

   • § 510 Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this chapter.
   • § 511 The definition of a word applies to any of its variants.
   • § 512 “Water purveyor” means any person who furnishes water service to another person.
   • § 513 “Person” means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or public entity of any kind.
   • § 514 “Public entity” includes a city, county, city and county, whether general law or chartered, a district, board, commission, bureau, authority, agency,…
   • § 515 “Water service” means the sale, lease, rental, furnishing, or delivery of water for beneficial use, and includes, but is not limited to, contracting for that…
   • § 516 “Water meter” includes any suitable water measuring device or facility which measures or determines the volumetric flow of water.
   • § 517 “Submeter” means a device that measures water consumption of an individual rental unit within a multiunit residential structure or mixed-use residential and…
3. ARTICLE 3. Declaration of Policy §§ 520–523 · 4 sections

   • § 520 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, pursuant to the primary interest of the people of the state to put the limited available supplies of water in…
   • § 521 The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Water furnished or used without any method of determination of the quantities of water…
   • § 522 The Legislature further finds and declares that waste or unreasonable use of water imposes unnecessary and wasteful consumption of energy to deliver or furnish…
   • § 523 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the California goal for measurement of water use is the achievement by January 1, 1992, of the installation of…
4. ARTICLE 3.5. Metered Service §§ 525–529.7 · 7 sections

   • § 525 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every water purveyor who sells, leases, rents, furnishes, or delivers water service to any person shall…
   • § 526 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an urban water supplier that, on or after January 1, 2004, receives water from the federal Central Valley…
   • § 527 (a) An urban water supplier that is not subject to Section 526 shall do both of the following: (1) Install water meters on all municipal and industrial service…
   • § 528 Notwithstanding Sections 526 and 527, any water purveyor that becomes an urban water supplier on or after January 1, 2005, shall do both the following:…
   • § 529 (a) This article addresses a subject matter of statewide concern. (b) Subject to subdivision (c), this article supersedes and preempts all enactments,…
   • § 529.5 On and after January 1, 2010, any urban water supplier that applies for financial assistance from the state for a wastewater treatment project, a water use…
   • § 529.7 This article does not limit the authority of a water purveyor that promotes conservation through volumetric water pricing, including, but not limited to, an…
5. ARTICLE 4. Standards § 530 · 1 section

   • § 530 Domestic cold water meters shall be in compliance with relevant standards of the American Water Works Association and shall be of the type approved by the…
6. ARTICLE 4.3. Agricultural and Urban Water Use Reporting §§ 531–531.20 · 6 sections

   • § 531 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Aggregated farm-gate delivery…
   • § 531.2 The department, the board, and the State Department of Public Health shall coordinate the collection, management, and use of agricultural and urban water…
   • § 531.5 (a) The board, in collaboration with the department, the authority or its successor agency, and the State Department of Public Health, shall prepare and submit…
   • § 531.10 (a) (1) An agricultural water supplier shall submit an annual report to the department that summarizes aggregated farm-gate delivery data, on a monthly or…
   • § 531.15 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, state agencies shall carry out the duties described in this article only to the extent that funds are made…
   • § 531.20 To the extent that the provisions of this article conflict with the requirements of Chapter 4800 of the State Administrative Manual, the requirements of that…
7. ARTICLE 4.5. Irrigated Landscape § 535 · 1 section

   • § 535 (a) A water purveyor shall require as a condition of new retail water service on and after January 1, 2008, the installation of separate water meters to…
8. ARTICLE 5. Multiunit Structures §§ 537–537.5 · 6 sections

   • § 537 (a) The structures in all of the following categories shall be exempt from this article: (1) Low-income housing. For purposes of this paragraph, “low-income…
   • § 537.1 (a) Each water purveyor that sells, leases, rents, furnishes, or delivers water service to a newly constructed multiunit residential structure or newly…
   • § 537.2 (a) A final occupancy permit for a building shall not be denied by a local building official if water submeters or meters have not been installed for each…
   • § 537.3 (a) This article does not preclude or preempt an ordinance or regulation that regulates the approval of submeter types or the installation, maintenance,…
   • § 537.4 It is the intent of the Legislature that this article should not be construed to impose costs on any local government agency, except to the extent that the…
   • § 537.5 This article shall become operative on January 1, 2018.