California Water Code

§ 75524

WAT § 75524Div. 21 · Part 9 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2

Statute text

Any person or operator who augments the water supplies for use within the United Water Conservation District or a zone or zones thereof, by importing water from sources outside the district, and who stores that water in a basin within the district, may apply to the Board of Directors of the United Water Conservation District for a determination exempting that operator from the payment of any groundwater charge based upon the extraction of that water. The exemption shall be based upon the filing of an application for exemption and submission to the board of reasonable evidence of the following:

(a)The amount of water of acceptable quality imported into the district and spread or injected into a basin within the district.

(b)The portion of that imported water that effectively recharges the basin underlying the zone or zones into which it is injected or percolates.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 684, Sec. 1.