SECTIONS 10611-10617 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 10611-10617

10611. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of
this chapter govern the construction of this part.

10611.5. "Demand management" means those water conservation
measures, programs, and incentives that prevent the waste of water
and promote the reasonable and efficient use and reuse of available
supplies.

10612. "Customer" means a purchaser of water from a water supplier
who uses the water for municipal purposes, including residential,
commercial, governmental, and industrial uses.

10613. "Efficient use" means those management measures that result
in the most effective use of water so as to prevent its waste or
unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use.

10614. "Person" means any individual, firm, association,
organization, partnership, business, trust, corporation, company,
public agency, or any agency of such an entity.

10615. "Plan" means an urban water management plan prepared
pursuant to this part. A plan shall describe and evaluate sources of
supply, reasonable and practical efficient uses, reclamation and
demand management activities. The components of the plan may vary
according to an individual community or area's characteristics and
its capabilities to efficiently use and conserve water. The plan
shall address measures for residential, commercial, governmental, and
industrial water demand management as set forth in Article 2
(commencing with Section 10630) of Chapter 3. In addition, a strategy
and time schedule for implementation shall be included in the plan.

10616. "Public agency" means any board, commission, county, city
and county, city, regional agency, district, or other public entity.

10616.5. "Recycled water" means the reclamation and reuse of
wastewater for beneficial use.

10617. "Urban water supplier" means a supplier, either publicly or
privately owned, providing water for municipal purposes either
directly or indirectly to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more
than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually. An urban water supplier
includes a supplier or contractor for water, regardless of the basis
of right, which distributes or sells for ultimate resale to
customers. This part applies only to water supplied from public water
systems subject to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116275) of
Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.