SECTIONS 12230-12233 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 12230-12233

12230. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a serious
problem of water quality exists in the San Joaquin River between the
junction of the San Joaquin River and the Merced River and the
junction of the San Joaquin River with Middle River; that by virtue
of the nature and causes of the problem and its effect upon water
supplies in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, it is a matter of
statewide interest and is the responsibility of the State to
determine an equitable and feasible solution to this problem.

12231. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no
person, corporation or public or private agency or the State or the
United States should divert water from the San Joaquin River and its
tributaries to which the users along the portion of the San Joaquin
River described in Section 12230 are entitled.

12232. The State Water Resources Control Board, the State
Department of Water Resources, the California Water Commission, and
any other agency of the state having jurisdiction, shall do nothing,
in connection with their responsibilities, to cause further
significant degradation of the quality of water in that portion of
the San Joaquin River between the points specified in Section 12230.

12233. Nothing in this part shall be construed as affecting the
quality of water diverted into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta from
the Sacramento River, nor as affecting any vested right to the use of
water, regardless of origin, or any water project for which an
application to appropriate water was filed with the State Water
Resources Control Board prior to June 17, 1961.