Terms Used In California Codes > Water Code > Division 7 > Chapter 17 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Board: means the State Water Resources Control Board. See California Water Code 14052
• Committee: means the Clean Water and Water Reclamation Finance Committee created by Section 14067. See California Water Code 14052
• County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
• federal act: means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U. See California Water Code 14052
• Federal assistance: means funds available to a local agency pursuant to the Federal Clean Water Act. See California Water Code 14052
• Fund: means the 1988 Clean Water and Water Reclamation Fund created pursuant to Section 14055. See California Water Code 14052
• 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

• 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 Water Code 18
• 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
• Waters of the state: means any surface water or groundwater, including saline waters, within the boundaries of the state. See California Water Code 13050