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CA Water Code § 230 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2 - Surveys, Investigations, and Distribution of Water|Section 230.

230.  The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, or upon the request of the State Water Resources Control Board, to the extent funds are allocated therefor, shall conduct surveys and investigations relating to the reclamation of water from wastes for beneficial purposes, including but not limited to the determination of quantities of such water presently wasted, and possibilities of use of such water for recharge of underground storage or for agricultural or industrial uses.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 711, Sec. 121. Effective September 15, 1992.)
CA Water Code § 231 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2 - Surveys, Investigations, and Distribution of Water|Section 231.

231.  The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal or other agency, shall investigate and survey conditions of damage to quality of underground waters, which conditions are or may be caused by improperly constructed, abandoned or defective wells through the interconnection of strata or the introduction of surface waters into underground waters. The department shall report to the appropriate California regional water quality control board its recommendations for minimum standards of well construction in any particular locality in which it deems regulation necessary to protection of quality of underground water, and shall report to the Legislature from time to time, its recommendations for proper sealing of abandoned wells.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 233 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2 - Surveys, Investigations, and Distribution of Water|Section 233.

233.  No plans or proposal for authorization of a project for construction or operation by the State shall be submitted to the Legislature by the Department of Water Resources unless the plans or proposal includes (1) the comments and recommendations, if any, of the Department of Fish and Game and (2) provision for any water or facilities necessary for public recreation and the preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources that the Department of Water Resources determines to be justifiable in terms of statewide interest, and feasible, as a nonreimbursable cost of the project.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2047.)
CA Water Code § 234 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2 - Surveys, Investigations, and Distribution of Water|Section 234.

234.  The department, either independently or in co-operation with or through any person or any county, state, federal or other agency, is authorized to investigate, excavate, and preserve any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument, or any object of antiquity, situated in areas to be used for state water development purposes.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 806.)
CA Water Code § 235 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2 - Surveys, Investigations, and Distribution of Water|Section 235.

235.  The department, either independently or in co-operation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, to the extent that funds are allocated therefor, may conduct a program of study, research, experimentation, and evaluation in the field of weather modification, including the production and control of rainfall by artificial means, and it may contract with public and private organizations and persons for research relative thereto.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2115.)
CA Water Code § 236 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2 - Surveys, Investigations, and Distribution of Water|Section 236.

236.  The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, is authorized to collect hydrologic data necessary for river forecasting, to make forecasts of stream flow, to provide for flood warning, and to provide for communication necessary for the collection and dissemination of such information.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1291.)
CA Water Code § 238 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2 - Surveys, Investigations, and Distribution of Water|Section 238.

238.  (a) The department shall conduct studies of the Sacramento River and the Feather River and their tributaries north of Sacramento, including watershed hydrologic inventories and studies of water sources and supplies to meet local needs, flood control, water quality, seepage and erosion control, fishery restoration, and preservation of riparian habitat. The department shall submit the results of its studies and its recommendations to the Legislature.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1453, Sec. 1. Effective October 1, 1985.)
CA Water Code § 250 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2.5 - Acquisition and Disposal of Property|Section 250.

250.  In the name of the people of the State of California, the department may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary for state water and dam purposes. The department shall not commence any such proceeding in eminent domain unless the project for which the property is being acquired has been authorized and funds are available therefor.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1239.)
CA Water Code § 252 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2.5 - Acquisition and Disposal of Property|Section 252.

252.  Subject to Sections 1240.670 and 1240.680 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the real property which the department may acquire by eminent domain, or otherwise, includes any property dedicated to park purposes, however it may have been dedicated.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1239.)
CA Water Code § 253 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2.5 - Acquisition and Disposal of Property|Section 253.

253.  The department may acquire, either in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, any real property which it considers necessary for state water and dam purposes. Real property for such purposes includes, but is not limited to, real property considered necessary for any of the following purposes:(a) For rights of way.(b) For the purposes of exchanging the same for other real property to be used for rights of way.(c) For rock quarries, gravel pits, or sand or earth borrow pits.(d) For offices, shops, or storage yards.(e) For parks adjoining or near any state dam or water facility.(f) For the culture and support of trees which benefit any state dam or water facility by aiding in the maintenance and preservation of the facility.(g) For drainage in connection with any state dam or water facility.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2104.)
CA Water Code § 257 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2.5 - Acquisition and Disposal of Property|Section 257.

257.  The director may execute all deeds or conveyances necessary to convey any real property or interest therein to be sold or exchanged under the provisions of this code. He may insert in any such deed or conveyance such conditions, covenants, exceptions and reservations as in his opinion are in the public interest or may convey in fee simple absolute. All statutes relating to state lands or to reservations of minerals therein or to reservations of rights to prospect for or mine or remove such minerals are inapplicable to lands heretofore or hereafter acquired by the State or conveyed by the State pursuant to the provisions of this code or pursuant to the provisions of previously existing statutes codified in this code, and no such statute in respect to state lands hereafter enacted shall be applicable thereto unless the Legislature expressly so declares.It shall be conclusively presumed in favor of any purchaser for value and without notice of any real property or interest therein conveyed pursuant to the provisions of this code that the department acted within its lawful authority in acquiring the property, and that the director acted within his lawful authority in executing any deed or conveyance or lease authorized by this code.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2104.)
CA Water Code § 258 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2.5 - Acquisition and Disposal of Property|Section 258.

258.  The authority conferred by this code to acquire real property for state dam and water purposes includes authority to acquire for future needs. The department is authorized to lease any lands which are held for state dam and water purposes and are not presently needed therefor on such terms and conditions as the director may fix and to maintain and care for such property in order to secure rent therefrom.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2104.)
CA Water Code § 259 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2.5 - Acquisition and Disposal of Property|Section 259.

259.  When the department condemns the property of any common carrier railroad, other public utility, or state agency, or the appurtenances thereof, it shall be governed by Article 3 (commencing with Section 11590) of Chapter 6 of Part 3 of Division 6.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 175.)
CA Water Code § 260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2.5 - Acquisition and Disposal of Property|Section 260.

260.  In any lease, easement, or right of entry agreement entered into whereby the department leases real property or obtains a grant of easement, right-of-way, or right of entry in real property for the purpose of exploration for, or construction, operation, or maintenance of, water projects, or for other investigations or data collection, the department may agree to indemnify and hold harmless the lessor or grantor and may agree to repair or pay for any damage caused by reason of the uses authorized by such lease, easement, right-of-way, or right of entry. Insurance may be purchased by the Department of General Services, upon request of the department, to protect the department against loss or expense arising out of such a lease, easement, right-of-way, or right of entry.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1305.)
CA Water Code § 265 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 2.6 - Construction Contracts|Section 265.

265.  Notwithstanding any provisions of the State Contract Act, the department may award and enter into construction contracts which require expenditures in excess of funds presently available therefor, but the obligation of the department and the State in such contracts shall be expressly contingent upon sufficient funds being made available by future appropriations or by law.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2054.)
CA Water Code § 275 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 3 - Proceedings to Prevent Waste or Unreasonable Use|Section 275.

275.  The department and board shall take all appropriate proceedings or actions before executive, legislative, or judicial agencies to prevent waste, unreasonable use, unreasonable method of use, or unreasonable method of diversion of water in this state.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 794.)
CA Water Code § 300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 300.

300.  For the purposes of this article, an artesian well is any artifical hole made in the ground through which water naturally flows from subterranean sources to the surface of the ground for any length of time.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 301.

301.  For the purposes of this article, waste is the causing, suffering, or permitting any water flowing from an artesian well, to run either:(a) Into any natural watercourse or channel, or into any bay or pond, unless the water is used thereafter for irrigation or domestic use.(b) Into any street, road, or highway.(c) Upon the land of any person or upon the public land of the United States or of the State, unless it is used thereon for irrigation, domestic use, or the propagation of fish.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 302.

302.  The use of any water flowing from an artesian well for the irrigation of land, whenever over 5 per cent of the water received on the land for irrigation purposes is permitted to escape from the land, is waste within the meaning of this article.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 303.

303.  Nothing in this article prevents the running of artesian water into an artificial pond or storage-reservoir, if the water is used thereafter for a beneficial use.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 304.

304.  A beneficial use under the next preceding section shall not exceed one tenth of one miner’s inch of water per acre, perpetual flow, but the person using the water may cumulate that amount within any period of each year.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 305.

305.  Any artesian well which is not capped or equipped with a mechanical appliance which will readily and effectively arrest and prevent the flow of any water from the well is a public nuisance.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 306.

306.  The owner, tenant, or occupant of the land upon which a well which is a public nuisance under the next preceding section is situated, who causes, permits, or suffers such public nuisance to exist or continue is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 307 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 307.

307.  Any person owning, possessing, or occupying any land upon which is situated an artesian well, who causes, suffers, or permits water unnecessarily to flow from the well or to go to waste is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 308 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 308.

308.  Each day’s continuance of waste constitutes a new offense.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 309 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 309.

309.  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is punishable for each offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 405. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
CA Water Code § 310 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 310.

310.  All prosecutions for the violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be instituted in the superior court of the county where the well is situated.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Water Code § 311 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 4 - Waste from Artesian Wells|Section 311.

311.  Any fine imposed under the provisions of this article may be collected as in other criminal cases, and the justice may also issue an execution upon the judgment therein rendered, which may be enforced and collected as in civil cases.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 340 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 6 - Yuba River Debris Control|Section 340.

340.  Any funds appropriated for Yuba River debris control shall be used for construction, renewal, and repair of works for restraining, impounding and control of debris resulting from mining operations, natural erosion and other causes.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1958.)
CA Water Code § 341 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 6 - Yuba River Debris Control|Section 341.

341.  Funds withdrawn from such appropriation must be matched by an expenditure of like amount by the Federal Government for the same work.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1958.)
CA Water Code § 342 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 6 - Yuba River Debris Control|Section 342.

342.  All work paid for from such appropriation shall be executed by or under the direction of the California Debris Commission, according to plans approved by the Department of Water Resources.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1958.)
CA Water Code § 345 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 7 - Recreation|Section 345.

345.  The Department of Water Resources shall (a) plan recreation development associated with state-constructed water projects in consultation with local public agencies and affected state and federal agencies, (b) thereafter acquire land necessary to implement and execute plans for such development pursuant to specific legislative authorization. Such authorization shall specify to what extent, if any, the power of eminent domain may be used.It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Legislature, in enacting this section, that no water resources development funds will be appropriated for the purpose of acquiring land for recreation development associated with state-constructed water projects, exclusive of land required for storage and conservation of water for such projects.In carrying out its duties under this section, the Department of Water Resources may enter into contracts, leases, and agreements with other state agencies, the federal government, local public agencies, and persons; and the Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Parks and Recreation and all other affected state and local agencies shall cooperate with the Department of Water Resources to that end.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 254.)
CA Water Code § 346 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 7 - Recreation|Section 346.

346.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 345, the department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may acquire by eminent domain or otherwise, either in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, any real property for recreational development associated with state-constructed water projects. Any funds, including but not limited to water resources development funds, heretofore or hereafter appropriated to the department for the acquisition of rights-of-way, easements, and property, may be used to carry out the purposes of this section.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
CA Water Code § 347 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Powers of Department|ARTICLE 8 - Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting|Section 347.

347.  (a) The Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program is hereby established in the Department of Water Resources.(b) Upon appropriation of special fund moneys, including, but not limited to, private funds, for these purposes, the department shall conduct research relating to climate forecasting and the causes and impacts that climate change has on atmospheric rivers, and shall take all actions within its existing authority to operate reservoirs in a manner that improves flood protection in the state and to reoperate flood control and water storage facilities to capture water generated by atmospheric rivers, thereby increasing water supply, hydropower availability, and the reliability of water resources in the state.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 682, Sec. 1. (SB 758) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Water Code § 400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 4 - Weather Resources Management|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 400.

400.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Weather Resources Management Act of 1984.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 950, Sec. 2.)
CA Water Code § 401 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER|CHAPTER 4 - Weather Resources Management|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 401.

401.  It is hereby declared that atmospheric water within the state which is caused to fall by weather resources management activities shall, for the purpose of water rights determinations, be considered as if it occurred as natural precipitation.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 950, Sec. 2.)