ARTICLE 1.5. Watermaster Service

Article 1.5 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 780, Sec. 1.

§§ 22080–22089.5 · 20 sections

• § 22080 As used in this article: (a) “Conduit” includes ditches, pipelines, and other means of diversion. (b) “District” means any irrigation district which includes…
• § 22080.5 Any duty or authority vested in a watermaster appointed by a district may be exercised by the watermaster directly or through the agency of a deputy…
• § 22081 A district, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 22080, may appoint one or more watermasters to regulate the use of water within the district.
• § 22081.5 The owner of every conduit subject to regulation by an irrigation district shall construct and maintain to the satisfaction of the district a substantial and…
• § 22082 The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain to the satisfaction of the district a substantial and serviceable headgate in the conduit through which the…
• § 22082.5 The headgate shall be of such construction that it can be locked and kept closed by the watermaster.
• § 22083 The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain such water flow measuring devices at such points along the conduit as may be required and approved by the…
• § 22083.5 If the owner of any conduit refuses or neglects to construct and maintain the diversion dam or works, the headgate, or the measuring devices provided for in…
• § 22084 The owner of every reservoir which is subject to regulation by a watermaster and which is located across or upon the bed of a natural stream or requires the…
• § 22084.5 If the owner of any reservoir neglects or refuses to construct and maintain the measuring devices provided for in this article after 30 days’ notice by the…
• § 22085 The district may make such reasonable regulations to secure distribution of water in accordance with determined rights as may be needed.
• § 22085.5 The watermaster shall divide the water of the streams or other sources of supply among the several conduits and reservoirs taking water therefrom and so adjust…
• § 22086 Whenever in pursuance of his duties the watermaster regulates a headgate to a conduit or the controlling works of a reservoir, he may attach to the headgate or…
• § 22086.5 The notice is legal notice to all persons interested in the diversion and distribution of the water of the conduit or reservoir.
• § 22087 Any person who is injured by the action of any watermaster may apply to the superior court of the county in which the injury takes place for an injunction.
• § 22087.5 Such injunction shall be issued only in case it is shown at the hearing that the watermaster has failed to distribute the water according to the rights as…
• § 22088 Every person who willfully and without authority closes, changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring device while it is under the control…
• § 22088.5 The possession or use of water when it has been so denied by the watermaster is prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person using it.
• § 22089 Every person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars…
• § 22089.5 A watermaster has the power to arrest any person violating any of the provisions of this article and to give him into the custody of the sheriff or other…