Cal. WAT § 6025.5
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 6025.5, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision, subject to subdivision (b), the requirements for state regulation and supervision of safety of dams, as contained in this division, shall not be applicable to waste water treatment and storage ponds constructed as a part of a waste water control facility.
(b) This section applies to those ponds specified in subdivision (a) only after the governing body of the city, county, district, or other agency which operates the waste water control facility adopts a resolution which (1) finds that the ponds have been constructed and operated to standards adequate to protect life and property, and (2) provides that the city, county, district, or other agency shall supervise and regulate the design, construction, operation enlargement, replacement, and removal of the ponds after the effective date of the resolution.
(c) This section applies only to ponds specified in subdivision (a) which (1) have a maximum height of 15 feet or less and a maximum storage capacity of 1,500 acre-feet or less, (2) have been designed by, and constructed under the supervision of, a registered civil engineer, and (3) are not across a stream channel or watercourse.
(b) This section applies to those ponds specified in subdivision (a) only after the governing body of the city, county, district, or other agency which operates the waste water control facility adopts a resolution which (1) finds that the ponds have been constructed and operated to standards adequate to protect life and property, and (2) provides that the city, county, district, or other agency shall supervise and regulate the design, construction, operation enlargement, replacement, and removal of the ponds after the effective date of the resolution.
(c) This section applies only to ponds specified in subdivision (a) which (1) have a maximum height of 15 feet or less and a maximum storage capacity of 1,500 acre-feet or less, (2) have been designed by, and constructed under the supervision of, a registered civil engineer, and (3) are not across a stream channel or watercourse.
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