California Water Code CHAPTER 1 - Definitions

• Section 6000.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this part.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
• Section 6002.
  “Dam” means any artificial barrier, together with appurtenant works, which does or may impound or divert water, and which either (a) is or will be...
• Section 6002.5.
  “Critical appurtenant structure” means a water surface barrier or hydraulic control structure that is 25 feet or more in height, that impounds 5,000 acre-feet of...
• Section 6003.
  Any such barrier which is or will be not in excess of six feet in height, regardless of storage capacity, or which has or will...
• Section 6004.
  (a) No obstruction in a canal used to raise or lower water therein or divert water therefrom, no levee, including but not limited to a levee...
• Section 6004.5.
  “Reservoir” means any reservoir which contains or will contain the water impounded by a dam.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)
• Section 6005.
  “Owner” includes any of the following who own, control, operate, maintain, manage, or propose to construct a dam or reservoir:(a)The state and its departments, institutions,...
• Section 6006.
  “Alterations,” “repairs,” or either of them, mean only such alterations or repairs as may affect the safety of the dam or reservoir.(Amended by Stats. 1965,...
• Section 6007.
  “Enlargement” means any change in or addition to an existing dam or reservoir, which raises or may raise the water storage elevation of the water...
• Section 6008.
  Water storage elevation means that elevation of water surface which could be obtained by the existing dam or reservoir, as previously operated, were there no...
• Section 6009.
  “State jurisdictional dam” means a dam not wholly under the control of the federal government.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 85. (SB 92) Effective...

Last modified: October 22, 2018