California Water Code

§ 37900

WAT § 37900 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 13 · Part 8.2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:

(1)“Aquifer” means a geologic formation or structure that transmits water in sufficient quantities to supply pumping wells or springs.

(2)“Available supply” means that quantity of groundwater that can be withdrawn in any given year from a groundwater basin or aquifer without resulting in or aggravating conditions of overdraft, subsidence, or groundwater quality degradation. Available supply of a groundwater basin or aquifer includes the natural water supply, imported water, or other water that has been spread to a basin or aquifer or otherwise added to a basin or aquifer, and return flows to the basin or aquifer attributable to these sources reaching the groundwater basin or aquifers in the course of use.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.