Is Cal. Water Code § 10725.8 — Powers and Authorities still in force?

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Cal. Water Code § 10725.8 — Powers and Authorities

Cal. Water Code § 10725.8

Type: Statute
Source: California Water Code
Jurisdiction: California
Date: 2016-01-01
Current through: Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

(a) A groundwater sustainability agency may require through its groundwater sustainability plan that the use of every groundwater extraction facility within the management area of the groundwater sustainability agency be measured by a water-measuring device satisfactory to the groundwater…

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Cal. Water Code § 10725.8 — Powers and Authorities is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

(b) All costs associated with the purchase and installation of the water-measuring device shall be borne by the owner or operator of each groundwater extraction facility. The water-measuring devices shall be installed by the groundwater sustainability agency or, at the groundwater sustainability agency’s option, by the owner or operator of the groundwater extraction facility. Water-measuring devices shall be calibrated on a reasonable schedule as may be determined by the groundwater sustainability agency.

(c) A groundwater sustainability agency may require, through its groundwater sustainability plan, that the owner or operator of a groundwater extraction facility within the groundwater sustainability agency file an annual statement with the groundwater sustainability agency setting forth the total extraction in acre-feet of groundwater from the facility during the previous water year.

(d) In addition to the measurement of groundwater extractions pursuant to subdivision (a), a groundwater sustainability agency may use any other reasonable method to determine groundwater extraction.

(e) This section does not apply to de minimis extractors.