SECTIONS 10752 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 10752

10752. 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 which
flows in known and definite channels.
(b) "Groundwater basin" means any basin 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.
(c) "Groundwater extraction facility" means any device or method
for the extraction of groundwater within a groundwater basin.
(d) "Groundwater management plan" or "plan" means a document that
describes the activities intended to be included in a groundwater
management program.
(e) "Groundwater management program" or "program" means a
coordinated and ongoing activity undertaken for the benefit of a
groundwater basin, or a portion of a groundwater basin, pursuant to a
groundwater management plan adopted pursuant to this part.
(f) "Groundwater recharge" means the augmentation of groundwater,
by natural or artificial means, with surface water or recycled water.
(g) "Local agency" means any local public agency that provides
water service to all or a portion of its service area, and includes a
joint powers authority formed by local public agencies that provide
water service.
(h) "Recharge area" means the area that supplies water to an
aquifer in a groundwater basin and includes multiple wellhead
protection areas.
(i) "Watermaster" means a watermaster appointed by a court or
pursuant to other provisions of law.
(j) "Wellhead protection area" means the surface and subsurface
area surrounding a water well or well field that supplies a public
water system through which contaminants are reasonably likely to
migrate toward the water well or well field.