SECTIONS 10825-10829 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 10825-10829

10825. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
part to allow levels of water management planning commensurate with
the numbers of customers served and the volume of water supplied.
(b) This part does not require the implementation of water
conservation programs or practices that are not locally cost
effective.

10826. An agricultural water management plan shall be adopted in
accordance with this chapter. The plan shall do all of the following:
(a) Describe the agricultural water supplier and the service area,
including all of the following:
(1) Size of the service area.
(2) Location of the service area and its water management
facilities.
(3) Terrain and soils.
(4) Climate.
(5) Operating rules and regulations.
(6) Water delivery measurements or calculations.
(7) Water rate schedules and billing.
(8) Water shortage allocation policies.
(b) Describe the quantity and quality of water resources of the
agricultural water supplier, including all of the following:
(1) Surface water supply.
(2) Groundwater supply.
(3) Other water supplies.
(4) Source water quality monitoring practices.
(5) Water uses within the agricultural water supplier's service
area, including all of the following:
(A) Agricultural.
(B) Environmental.
(C) Recreational.
(D) Municipal and industrial.
(E) Groundwater recharge.
(F) Transfers and exchanges.
(G) Other water uses.
(6) Drainage from the water supplier's service area.
(7) Water accounting, including all of the following:
(A) Quantifying the water supplier's water supplies.
(B) Tabulating water uses.
(C) Overall water budget.
(8) Water supply reliability.
(c) Include an analysis, based on available information, of the
effect of climate change on future water supplies.
(d) Describe previous water management activities.
(e) Include in the plan the water use efficiency information
required pursuant to Section 10608.48.

10827. Agricultural water suppliers that are members of the
Agricultural Water Management Council, and that submit water
management plans to that council in accordance with the "Memorandum
of Understanding Regarding Efficient Water Management Practices By
Agricultural Water Suppliers In California," dated January 1, 1999,
may submit the water management plans identifying water demand
management measures currently being implemented, or scheduled for
implementation, to satisfy the requirements of Section 10826.

10828. (a) Agricultural water suppliers that are required to submit
water conservation plans to the United States Bureau of Reclamation
pursuant to either the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (Public
Law 102-575) or the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, or both, may
submit those water conservation plans to satisfy the requirements of
Section 10826, if both of the following apply:
(1) The agricultural water supplier has adopted and submitted the
water conservation plan to the United States Bureau of Reclamation
within the previous four years.
(2) The United States Bureau of Reclamation has accepted the water
conservation plan as adequate.
(b) This part does not require agricultural water suppliers that
are required to submit water conservation plans to the United States
Bureau of Reclamation pursuant to either the Central Valley Project
Improvement Act (Public Law 102-575) or the Reclamation Reform Act of
1982, or both, to prepare and adopt water conservation plans
according to a schedule that is different from that required by the
United States Bureau of Reclamation.

10829. An agricultural water supplier may satisfy the requirements
of this part by adopting an urban water management plan pursuant to
Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) or by participation in
areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide water management planning
if those plans meet or exceed the requirements of this part.