CHAPTER 7. Water Reclamation [13500. - 13558.1.]
Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.
§§ 13500–13558.1 · 49 sections
ARTICLE 1. Short Title § 13500 · 1 section
- § 13500 This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Water Recycling Law.
ARTICLE 2. Declaration of Policy §§ 13510–13512 · 3 sections
- § 13510 It is hereby declared that the people of the state have a primary interest in the development of facilities to recycle water containing waste to supplement…
- § 13511 The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial portion of the future water requirements of this state may be economically met by beneficial use of…
- § 13512 It is the intention of the Legislature that the state undertake all possible steps to encourage development of water recycling facilities so that recycled…
ARTICLE 3. State Assistance § 13515 · 1 section
- § 13515 In order to implement the policy declarations of this chapter, the state board is authorized to provide loans for the development of water reclamation…
ARTICLE 4. Regulation of Reclamation §§ 13520–13529.4 · 21 sections
- § 13520 As used in this article “recycling criteria” are the levels of constituents of recycled water, and means for assurance of reliability under the design concept…
- § 13521 The State Department of Public Health shall establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for each varying type of use of recycled water where the use…
- § 13521.1 (a) By December 31, 2016, the state board, in consultation with impacted state agencies, shall determine whether the use of disinfected tertiary treated…
- § 13521.2 (a) On or before January 1, 2023, the state board shall update the uniform statewide criteria for nonpotable recycled water uses established in Chapter 3…
- § 13522 (a) If the State Department of Public Health or a local health officer finds that a contamination exists as a result of the use of recycled water, the…
- § 13522.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), any person recycling or proposing to recycle water, or using or proposing to use recycled water, within any region…
- § 13522.6 Any person failing to furnish a report under Section 13522.5 when so requested by a regional board is guilty of a misdemeanor.
- § 13522.7 The Attorney General, at the request of the regional board, shall petition the superior court for the issuance of a temporary restraining order, temporary…
- § 13523 (a) Each regional board, after consulting with and receiving the recommendations of the State Department of Public Health and any party who has requested in…
- § 13523.1 (a) Each regional board, after consulting with, and receiving the recommendations of, the State Department of Public Health and any party who has requested in…
- § 13523.5 A regional board may not deny issuance of water reclamation requirements to a project which violates only a salinity standard in the basin plan.
- § 13524 No person shall recycle water or use recycled water for any purpose for which recycling criteria have been established until water recycling requirements have…
- § 13525 Upon the refusal or failure of any person or persons recycling water or using recycled water to comply with the provisions of this article, the Attorney…
- § 13525.5 Any person recycling water or using recycled water in violation of Section 13524, after such violation has been called to his attention in writing by the…
- § 13526 Any person who, after such action has been called to his attention in writing by the regional board, uses recycled water for any purpose for which recycling…
- § 13527 (a) In administering any statewide program of financial assistance for water pollution or water quality control which may be delegated to it pursuant to…
- § 13528 This chapter shall not be construed as affecting the powers of the State Department of Public Health.
- § 13528.5 (a) The state board may carry out the duties and authority granted to a regional board pursuant to this chapter. (b) This section shall become operative on…
- § 13529 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The purpose of Section 13529.2 is to establish notification requirements for unauthorized…
- § 13529.2 (a) Any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits an unauthorized discharge of 50,000 gallons or more of recycled water, as defined…
- § 13529.4 (a) Any person refusing or failing to provide the notice required by Section 13529.2, or as required by a condition of waste discharge requirements requiring…
ARTICLE 5. Surveys and Investigations § 13530 · 1 section
- § 13530 The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, or on request of the state board, to the…
ARTICLE 6. Waste Well Regulation §§ 13540–13541 · 2 sections
- § 13540 (a) A person shall not construct, maintain, or use any waste well extending to or into a subterranean water-bearing stratum that is used or intended to be used…
- § 13541 As used in this article, “waste well” includes any hole dug or drilled into the ground, used or intended to be used for the disposal of waste.
ARTICLE 7. Water Reuse §§ 13550–13557 · 18 sections
- § 13550 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of potable domestic water for nonpotable uses, including, but not limited to, cemeteries, golf…
- § 13551 (a) A person or public agency, including a state agency, city, county, city and county, district, or any other political subdivision of the state, shall not…
- § 13552 The amendments to Sections 13550 and 13551 of the Water Code made during the first year of the 1991–92 Regular Session are not intended to alter any rights,…
- § 13552.2 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of potable domestic water for the irrigation of residential landscaping is a waste or an…
- § 13552.4 (a) Any public agency, including a state agency, city, county, city and county, district, or any other political subdivision of the state, may require the use…
- § 13552.5 (a) (1) On or before July 31, 2009, the state board shall adopt a general permit for landscape irrigation uses of recycled water for which the State Department…
- § 13552.6 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of potable domestic water for floor trap priming, cooling towers, and air-conditioning devices is a…
- § 13552.8 (a) Any public agency, including a state agency, city, county, city and county, district, or any other political subdivision of the state, may require the use…
- § 13553 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of potable domestic water for toilet and urinal flushing in structures is a waste or an unreasonable…
- § 13553.1 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that certain coastal areas of the state have been using sea water to flush toilets and urinals as a means of…
- § 13554 (a) Any public agency, including a state agency, city, county, city and county, district, or any other political subdivision of the state, may require the use…
- § 13554.2 (a) Any person or entity proposing the use of recycled water shall reimburse the State Department of Public Health for reasonable costs that department…
- § 13554.3 The State Water Resources Control Board may establish a reasonable schedule of fees by which it is reimbursed for the costs it incurs pursuant to Sections…
- § 13555.2 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that many local agencies deliver recycled water for nonpotable uses and that the use of recycled water is an…
- § 13555.3 (a) Water delivery systems on private property that could deliver recycled water for nonpotable uses described in Section 13550, that are constructed on and…
- § 13555.5 (a) If a recycled water producer determines that within 10 years the recycled water producer proposes to provide recycled water for use for state landscape…
- § 13556 In addition to any other authority provided in law, any water supplier described in subdivision (b) of Section 1745 may acquire, store, provide, sell, and…
- § 13557 (a) On or before December 31, 2009, the department, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall adopt and submit to the California…
ARTICLE 8. Water Quality Criteria for Onsite Treated Nonpotable Water Systems §§ 13558–13558.1 · 2 sections
- § 13558 (a) On or before December 1, 2022, the state board, in consultation with the California Building Standards Commission and the Department of Housing and…
- § 13558.1 (a) An onsite treated nonpotable water system shall not be installed except under a program established in compliance with subdivision (b) of Section 13558.…