California Water Code

§ 10015

WAT § 10015 Effective Jan 1, 2008Div. 6 · Part 1.5 · Ch. 2

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a)The state’s growth requires policymakers to seek creative ways to maximize the use of water resources and employ technology to conserve water whenever possible.

(b)The state’s agricultural industry, as well as residential landscapers, pest control managers, park and golf course operators, water agencies, and large urban irrigators rely on the California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) to provide evapotranspiration data that allows them to develop weather-based, water budgeting methods of irrigation. A recent study found that the California Irrigation Management Information System generates $64.7 million in annual benefits to the state, at an annual cost of only eight hundred fifty thousand dollars ($850,000).

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 319, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.