Cal. WAT § 13280
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 13280, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
A determination that discharge of waste from existing or new individual disposal systems or from community collection and disposal systems which utilize subsurface disposal should not be permitted shall be supported by substantial evidence in the record that discharge of waste from such disposal systems will result in violation of water quality objectives, will impair present or future beneficial uses of water, will cause pollution, nuisance, or contamination, or will unreasonably degrade the quality of any waters of the state.
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