Cal. WAT § 13802
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 13802, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
If the regional board finds that standards of water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well construction, maintenance, abandonment, and destruction are needed in any area to protect the quality of water used, or which may be used, for any beneficial use, it shall determine the area to be involved and so report to each affected county and city in the area. The report shall also contain any well standards which have been recommended by the department.
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