California Water Code

§ 10752

WAT § 10752 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 6 · Part 2.75 · Ch. 2

Statute text

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this part:

(a)“Groundwater” means all water beneath the surface of the earth within the zone below the water table in which the soil is completely saturated with water, but does not include water that flows in known and definite channels.

(b)“Groundwater basin” means any basin or subbasin identified in the department’s Bulletin No. 118, dated September 1975, and any amendments to that bulletin, but does not include a basin in which the average well yield, excluding domestic wells that supply water to a single-unit dwelling, is less than 100 gallons per minute.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 572, Sec. 1. (AB 359) Effective January 1, 2012.