California Water Code

§ 12401

WAT § 12401 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 6 · Part 4.9 · Ch. 1

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)The recent drought reveals that California needs to integrate existing water and ecological data into an authoritative open-access platform to help water managers operate California’s water system more effectively and help water users make informed decisions based on water availability and allocation.

(b)State and federal leadership, increased awareness by business, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations through open and transparent access to data, and improved technology and availability of open-source platforms create a unique opportunity that California should seize upon to integrate and increase access to existing water data.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 506, Sec. 1. (AB 1755) Effective January 1, 2017.