California Water Code

§ 10609

WAT § 10609 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 6 · Part 2.55 · Ch. 9

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter establishes a method to estimate the aggregate amount of water that would have been delivered the previous year by an urban retail water supplier if all that water had been used efficiently. This estimated aggregate water use is the urban retail water supplier’s urban water use objective. The method is based on water use efficiency standards and local service area characteristics for that year. By comparing the amount of water actually used in the previous year with the urban water use objective, local urban water suppliers will be in a better position to help eliminate unnecessary use of water; that is, water used in excess of that needed to accomplish the intended beneficial use.

(b)The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following:

(1)This chapter establishes standards and practices for the following water uses:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 287. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.