Terms Used In California Codes > Water Code > Division 7 > Chapter 5.4 - Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program

• 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
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Water Code 10
• 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