California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 2 - Appropriation of Water › Article 7 - Map Requirements › Section 717 - Maps for Larger Projects

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following additional maps are required for (1)
					 appropriating more than three cubic feet per second, or (2) constructing a dam
					 which will be under the jurisdiction of the Department of Water Resources for
					 safety, as defined in Sections
					 6002 and
					 6003 of the
					 Water Code, or (3) creating a reservoir with a surface area in excess of ten
					 acres, or (4) appropriating more than 1,000 acre-feet per annum by underground
					 storage. (For good cause, the Chief, Division of Water Rights may waive the
					 following requirements for projects defined in (3) above.)
(a) Maps shall be submitted which were
				  prepared by a civil engineer or land surveyor registered or licensed in the
				  State of California.
(b) An
				  original map and one copy are required. The original shall be accurately and
				  permanently rendered to a suitable scale on linen, mylar or equivalent
				  material; the other may be a print thereof.
(c) All maps shall be titled, show the
				  meridian and scale and bear the California certificate and registration number
				  of the engineer or surveyor. The certificate shall: state the name and address
				  of the person making the certificate and whether the map was prepared by him or
				  under his supervision; indicate the source of the information shown thereon,
				  including the dates of actual surveys if such were made; certify that it
				  correctly represents the works described in the accompanying application, the
				  location of streams and ditches in the immediate vicinity, and the acreage to
				  be irrigated; be concluded by the date, signature, and California certificate
				  number of the engineer or surveyor. The following example is a typical
				  certificate:
CERTIFICATE OF ENGINEER (SURVEYOR)
I, John Doe, of 100 Main Street, Sacramento, California, do
					 hereby certify that this map was prepared by me from notes taken during an
					 actual survey made by me (or under my immediate supervision) on __________,
					 20___, (and/or from U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute Lincoln and Roseville
					 Topographic quadrangles,) and that it correctly represents the project
					 described in the accompanying application and shows the location of streams and
					 ditches in the immediate vicinity.
/s/ John Doe
______________________________
______________________________
(date)
California Civil Engineer (Surveyor) Certificate
					 No.__________
(d) Contour
				  maps of surface reservoirs shall be submitted with contour intervals not
				  greater than:
Height of dam
Maximum contour interval
300 feet or
							 over....................................................................
..........................40 feet
100 feet or over, but less than 300
							 feet...........................
..........................20 feet
30 feet or over, but less than 100
							 feet..............................
..........................10 feet
Less than 30
							 feet................................................................
..........................5 feet
For dams less than five feet high, the high water contour
					 shall be shown and the elevation of the maximum and minimum water surfaces
					 shall be stated.
(e) All
				  contour maps shall show the high water line and state the elevation thereof,
				  and include an area-capacity curve or table.
1. Repealer
					 of former Section
					 717, and renumbering and amendment
					 of Section
					 680 to
					 717 filed 1-16-87; effective
					 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 87, No. 10). For prior history, see
					 Registers 80, No. 48 and 73, No. 19.
2. Change without regulatory
					 effect amending subsection (c) filed 9-25-2002 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2002, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Sections
						1252,
						1260 and
						1261, Water
						Code.