Terms Used In California Codes > Water Code > Division 14 > Part 5 - DISTRICT PROJECT

• Assessee: means the person to whom property or a tax is assessed. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 23
• Board: means the State Water Resources Control Board. See California Water Code 14052
• board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
• Cathodic protection well: as used in this chapter , means any artificial excavation in excess of 50 feet constructed by any method for the purpose of installing equipment or facilities for the protection electrically of metallic equipment in contact with the ground, commonly referred to as cathodic protection. See California Water Code 13711
• City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
• City: includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town, and incorporated town. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 14
• Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
• commissioner: means a member of the commission. See California Public Utilities Code 20
• Committee: means the Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee created by Section 14032. See California Water Code 14004
• Committee: means the Clean Water and Water Reclamation Finance Committee created by Section 14067. See California Water Code 14052
• Contamination: includes any equivalent effect resulting from the disposal of waste, whether or not waters of the state are affected. See California Water Code 13050
• Controller: means the State Controller. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 21
• County: includes city and county. See California Public Utilities Code 18
• County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
• Department: means the Department of Water Resources. See California Water Code 14004
• Domestic water system: means a system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, if the system has at least five service connections or regularly supplies water to at least 25 individuals. See California Water Code 14004
• electronic funds transfer: means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, which is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephonic instrument, or computer or magnetic tape so as to order, instruct, or authorize a financial institution to credit or debit an account. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 2503.1
• Eligible project: means a project for a small community for the construction of treatment works which is all of the following:

  California Water Code 14052

• Eligible reclamation project: means a water reclamation project which is cost-effective when compared with the cost of alternative new freshwater supplies, and for which no federal assistance is currently available. See California Water Code 14052
• federal act: means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U. See California Water Code 14052
• Federal assistance: means funds available, or which may become available, to a supplier either directly or through allocation by the state from the federal government as grants or loans for the improvement of domestic water systems. See California Water Code 14004
• Federal assistance: means funds available to a local agency pursuant to the Federal Clean Water Act. See California Water Code 14052
• Fund: means the California Safe Drinking Water Fund created pursuant to Section 14010. See California Water Code 14004
• Fund: means the 1988 Clean Water and Water Reclamation Fund created pursuant to Section 14055. See California Water Code 14052
• Geothermal heat exchange well: as used in this chapter , means any uncased artificial excavation, by any method, that uses the heat exchange capacity of the earth for heating and cooling, in which excavation the ambient ground temperature is 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) or less, and which excavation uses a closed loop fluid system to prevent the discharge or escape of its fluid into surrounding aquifers or other geologic formations. See California Water Code 13713
• Local public agency: means any city, county, district, joint powers authority, or any other local public body or political subdivision of the state created by or pursuant to state law and involved with water or waste water management. See California Water Code 14052
• Monitoring well: as used in this chapter , means any artificial excavation by any method for the purpose of monitoring fluctuations in groundwater levels, quality of underground waters, or the concentration of contaminants in underground waters. See California Water Code 13712
• negotiable paper: means checks, drafts, and money orders. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 2504
• Person: includes any city, county, district, the state, and the United States, to the extent authorized by federal law. See California Water Code 13050
• Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 19
• Pollution: means an alteration of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects either of the following:

  California Water Code 13050

• Project: means proposed facilities for the construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of the domestic water system, and may include water supply, treatment works, and all or part of a water distribution system, if necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter. See California Water Code 14004
• Public agency: means any city, county, city and county, district, joint powers authority, or other political subdivision of the state which owns or operates a domestic water system. See California Water Code 14004
• Recycled water: means water which, as a result of treatment of waste, is suitable for a direct beneficial use or a controlled use that would not otherwise occur and is therefor considered a valuable resource. See California Water Code 13050
• Regional board: means any California regional water quality control board for a region as specified in Section 13200. See California Water Code 13050
• Small community: means a municipality with a population of 3,500 persons or less, or a reasonably isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality encompassing 3,500 persons or less, with a financial hardship as defined by the board. See California Water Code 14052
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
• State board: means the State Water Resources Control Board. See California Water Code 13050
• State grant: means a grant given to a qualifying small community eligible for federal assistance under Title VI of the Federal Clean Water Act. See California Water Code 14052
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Public Utilities Code 10
• Treatment works: means any devices or systems used in the treatment of water supplies, including necessary lands, which render water supplies pure, wholesome, and potable for domestic purposes. See California Water Code 14004
• Waste: includes sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation, including waste placed within containers of whatever nature prior to, and for purposes of, disposal. See California Water Code 13050
• Water quality control: means the regulation of any activity or factor which may affect the quality of the waters of the state and includes the prevention and correction of water pollution and nuisance. See California Water Code 13050
• water well: as used in this chapter , means any artificial excavation constructed by any method for the purpose of extracting water from, or injecting water into, the underground. See California Water Code 13710
• Waters of the state: means any surface water or groundwater, including saline waters, within the boundaries of the state. See California Water Code 13050