§ 13220 Each regional board shall do all of the following:(a) Establish …
§ 13221 Members of the regional board shall be empowered to administer oaths …
§ 13222 Pursuant to such guidelines as the state board may establish, each …
§ 13223 (a) Each regional board may delegate any of its powers and …
§ 13224 Each regional board may issue policy statements relating to any water …
§ 13225 Each regional board, with respect to its region, shall do all of the …
§ 13226 Consistent with classifications adopted by the state board pursuant …
§ 13227 (a) Each regional board, with respect to its region, shall …
§ 13228 (a) Concerning any matter that may be submitted to a regional …
§ 13228.14 (a) Any hearing or investigation by a regional board relating to …
§ 13228.15 The members of a regional board, or their designees, with respect to …

Terms Used In California Codes > Water Code > Division 7 > Chapter 4 > Article 2 - General Provisions Relating to Powers and Duties of Regional Boards

  • 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
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Nuisance: means anything which meets all of the following requirements:

    California Water Code 13050

  • Person: includes any city, county, district, the state, and the United States, to the extent authorized by federal law. See California Water Code 13050
  • 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

  • Regional board: means any California regional water quality control board for a region as specified in Section 13200. 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
  • State board: means the State Water Resources Control Board. See California Water Code 13050
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • 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 quality control plan: consists of a designation or establishment for the waters within a specified area of all of the following:

    California Water Code 13050

  • Water quality objectives: means the limits or levels of water quality constituents or characteristics which are established for the reasonable protection of beneficial uses of water or the prevention of nuisance within a specific area. 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