California Water Code ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

• Section 75500.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article shall govern the construction of this part.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
• Section 75501.
  “Person” or “operator” means public agencies, federal, state, and local, private corporations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies, individuals, or groups of individuals, whether legally organized...
• Section 75502.
  “Ground water” means all water beneath the earth’s surface, but does not include water which is produced with oil in the production of oil and...
• Section 75502.5.
  Notwithstanding Sections 75500 and 75502, for purposes of the United Water Conservation District, “groundwater” means all water beneath the earth’s surface, but does not include...
• Section 75503.
  “Production” or “producing” means the act of extracting ground water by pumping or otherwise.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
• Section 75504.
  “Water-producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or otherwise, for the production of water from the ground water supplies within the district.(Added by Stats....
• Section 75505.
  “Accumulated overdraft” means the amount of water necessary to be replaced in the intake areas of the ground water basins within the district or any...
• Section 75506.
  “Annual overdraft” means the amount, determined by the board, by which the production of water from ground water supplies within the district or any zone...
• Section 75507.
  (a) “Water year” means July 1st of one calendar year to June 30th of the following calendar year.(b) “Current water year” means the water year in which...
• Section 75508.
  “Agricultural water” means water first used on lands in the production of plant crops or livestock for market.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018