ARTICLE 1. Definitions [75500. - 75508.]

Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.

§§ 75500–75508 · 10 sections

• § 75500 Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article shall govern the construction of this part.
• § 75501 “Person” or “operator” means public agencies, federal, state, and local, private corporations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies, individuals,…
• § 75502 “Ground water” means all water beneath the earth’s surface, but does not include water which is produced with oil in the production of oil and gas, or in a…
• § 75502.5 Notwithstanding Sections 75500 and 75502, for purposes of the United Water Conservation District, “groundwater” means all water beneath the earth’s surface,…
• § 75503 “Production” or “producing” means the act of extracting ground water by pumping or otherwise.
• § 75504 “Water-producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or otherwise, for the production of water from the ground water supplies within the district.
• § 75505 “Accumulated overdraft” means the amount of water necessary to be replaced in the intake areas of the ground water basins within the district or any zone or…
• § 75506 “Annual overdraft” means the amount, determined by the board, by which the production of water from ground water supplies within the district or any zone or…
• § 75507 (a) “Water year” means the period beginning October 1 of one calendar year and ending September 30 of the following calendar year. (b) “Current water year”…
• § 75508 “Agricultural water” means water first used on lands in the production of plant crops or livestock for market.