Terms Used In California Codes > Water Code > Division 7 > Chapter 10 > Article 3 - Reports

• 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
• County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
• 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
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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
• Person: includes any city, county, district, the state, and the United States, to the extent authorized by federal law. See California Water Code 13050
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
• 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