California Water Code ARTICLE 5 - Wells in Critically Overdrafted Groundwater Basins

• Section 13807.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) According to the Department of Water Resources, among the 512 basins throughout the state, 21 are deemed...
• Section 13807.5.
  As used in this article:(a) “Basin” has the meaning provided in Section 10721.(b) “Critically overdrafted basin” means a basin designated by the department as subject to critical...
• Section 13808.
  (a) Except as specified in Section 13808.4, every city or county overlying a critically overdrafted basin shall request estimates of the following information, to the extent...
• Section 13808.2.
  A city or county that receives an application for a well permit in a critically overdrafted basin shall make the information provided pursuant to subdivision...
• Section 13808.4.
  (a) A city or county may issue a new well permit within a critically overdrafted basin when the requirements of Section 13808 have been met, in...
• Section 13808.6.
  This article does not, in any manner, alter, change, affect, modify, or enlarge the authority of the city or county to deny, condition, or otherwise...
• Section 13808.8.
  This article shall become inoperative on January 30, 2020, and, as of January 1, 2021, is repealed.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 538, Sec. 1. (SB...

Last modified: October 22, 2018