California Water Code

§ 31145

WAT § 31145Div. 12 · Part 5 · Ch. 1 · Art. 10

Statute text

In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Stinson Beach County Water District, Marin County, shall have all of the following powers and shall promptly and effectively exercise such powers as may be appropriate for improving water quality and supply, reducing use of water, and preventing nuisance, pollution, waste, and contamination of water:

(a)To carry on technical and other investigations, examinations, or tests, of all kinds, make measurements, collect data, and make analyses, studies, and inspections pertaining to the water supply, use of water, water quality, nuisance, pollution, waste, and contamination of water, both within and without the district, including, but not limited to, such activities related to use of public, combined, or private septic and septic tank disposal systems.

(b)To regulate, prohibit, or control the discharge of pollutants, waste, or any other materials into the ground or surface waters of the district or the contiguous seashores of the district by requiring dischargers to obtain a permit from the district prior to any such discharge and by prohibiting the discharge of pollutants, sewage, septic drainage, or any other material which does or may cause a nuisance into the ground or surface waters of the district or the contiguous seashores of the district without a permit having first been obtained from the district; to charge fees for the issuance and periodic renewal of such permits in such amount as will defray all or a portion of the costs of exercising the powers provided in this article; to require all permittees to indemnify the district from any and all damages, penalties, or other expenses imposed on or required of the district by federal, state, regional, or local agencies due to any discharge by such permittees into ground or surface waters of the district or the contiguous seashores of the district; to require as a condition of obtaining discharge permits from the district that all such dischargers also obtain state and federal waste discharge permits and any other permits required by federal, state, regional, or local law.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925.