| #D001 | | Section | 'Section' means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. | high |
| #D002 | | Subdivision | 'Subdivision' means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. | high |
| #D003 | | Spouse | 'Spouse' includes 'registered domestic partner,' as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code. | high |
| #D004 | | County | 'County' includes city and county. | high |
| #D005 | | State | 'State' means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. | high |
| #D006 | | Person | 'Person' means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. | high |
| #D007 | | United States | 'United States' means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto. | high |
| #D008 | | Department | 'Department,' unless otherwise specified, means the Department of Water Resources. | high |
| #D009 | | Director | 'Director,' unless otherwise specified, means the Director of Water Resources. | high |
| #D010 | | Board | 'Board,' unless otherwise specified, means the State Water Resources Control Board. | high |
| #D011 | | State board | 'State board' means the State Water Resources Control Board. | high |
| #D012 | | Regional board | 'Regional board' means any California regional water quality control board for a region as specified in Section 13200. | high |
| #D013 | | Person | 'Person' includes any city, county, district, the state, and the United States, to the extent authorized by federal law. | high |
| #D014 | | Waste | '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. | high |
| #D015 | | Waters of the state | 'Waters of the state' means any surface water or groundwater, including saline waters, within the boundaries of the state. | high |
| #D016 | | Beneficial uses | 'Beneficial uses' of the waters of the state that may be protected against quality degradation include, but are not limited to, domestic, municipal, agricultural and industrial supply; power generation; recreation; aesthetic enjoyment; navigation; and preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife, and other aquatic resources or preserves. | high |
| #D017 | | Quality of the water | 'Quality of the water' refers to chemical, physical, biological, bacteriological, radiological, and other properties and characteristics of water which affect its use. | high |
| #D018 | | Water quality objectives | '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. | high |
| #D019 | | Water quality control | '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. | high |
| #D020 | | injection well | As used in this division, 'injection well' means any bored, drilled, or driven shaft, dug pit, or hole in the ground into which waste or fluid is discharged, and any associated subsurface appurtenances, and the depth of which is greater than the circumference of the shaft, pit, or hole. | high |
| #D021 | | Water quality control plan | 'Water quality control plan' consists of a designation or establishment for the waters within a specified area of all of the following: (1) Beneficial uses to be protected. (2) Water quality objectives. (3) A program of implementation needed for achieving water quality objectives. | high |
| #D022 | | Contamination | 'Contamination' means an impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease. 'Contamination' includes any equivalent effect resulting from the disposal of waste, whether or not waters of the state are affected. | high |
| #D023 | | Pollution | (1) '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: (A) The waters for beneficial uses. (B) Facilities which serve these beneficial uses. (2) 'Pollution' may include 'contamination.' | high |
| #D024 | | Nuisance | 'Nuisance' means anything which meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is injurious to health, or is indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. (2) Affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal. (3) Occurs during, or as a result of, the treatment or disposal of wastes. | high |
| #D025 | | Recycled water | 'Recycled water' means water which, as a result of treatment of waste, is suitable for a direct beneficial use or a controlled use that would not otherwise occur and is therefor considered a valuable resource. | high |
| #D026 | | Hazardous substance | (1) 'Hazardous substance' means either of the following: (A) For discharge to surface waters, any substance determined to be a hazardous substance pursuant to Section 311(b)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.). (B) For discharge to groundwater, any substance listed as a hazardous waste or hazardous material pursuant to Section 25140 of the Health and Safety Code, without regard to whether the substance is intended to be used, reused, or discarded, except that 'hazardous substance' does not include any substance excluded from Section 311(b)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act because it is within the scope of Section 311(a)(1) of that act. | high |
| #D027 | | Mining waste | (1) 'Mining waste' means all solid, semisolid, and liquid waste materials from the extraction, beneficiation, and processing of ores and minerals. Mining waste includes, but is not limited to, soil, waste rock, and overburden, as defined in Section 2732 of the Public Resources Code, and tailings, slag, and other processed waste materials, including cementitious materials that are managed at the cement manufacturing facility where the materials were generated. | high |
| #D028 | | recycling criteria | As used in this article 'recycling criteria' are the levels of constituents of recycled water, and means for assurance of reliability under the design concept which will result in recycled water safe from the standpoint of public health, for the uses to be made. | high |
| #D029 | | Shall | 'Shall' is mandatory and 'may' is permissive. | high |
| #D030 | | standard miner's inch of water | The standard miner's inch of water is equivalent to one and one-half cubic feet of water per minute, measured through any aperture or orifice. | high |
| #D031 | | recycled water / reclaimed water | For the purposes of this code, 'recycled water' or 'reclaimed water' has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050. | high |
| #D032 | | Citizen or domiciliary | 'Citizen or domiciliary' of the state includes a foreign corporation having substantial business contacts in the state or which is subject to service of process in this state. | high |
| #D033 | | Master recycling permit | 'Master recycling permit' means a permit issued to a supplier or a distributor, or both, of recycled water, that includes waste discharge requirements prescribed pursuant to Section 13263 and water recycling requirements prescribed pursuant to Section 13523.1. | high |
| #D034 | | navigable waters | The terms 'navigable waters,' 'administrator,' 'pollutants,' 'biological monitoring,' 'discharge' and 'point sources' as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. | high |
| #D035 | | Enclosed bays | 'Enclosed bays' means indentations along the coast which enclose an area of oceanic water within distinct headlands or harbor works. 'Enclosed bays' include all bays where the narrowest distance between the headlands or outermost harbor works is less than 75 percent of the greatest dimension of the enclosed portion of the bay. 'Enclosed bays' include, but are not limited to, Humboldt Bay, Bodega Harbor, Tomales Bay, Drake's Estero, San Francisco Bay, Morro Bay, Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, Upper and Lower Newport Bay, Mission Bay, and San Diego Bay. For the purposes of identifying, characterizing, and ranking toxic hot spots pursuant to this chapter, Monterey Bay and Santa Monica Bay shall also be considered to be enclosed bays. | high |
| #D036 | | Estuaries | 'Estuaries' means waters, including coastal lagoons, located at the mouths of streams which serve as mixing zones for fresh and ocean waters. Coastal lagoons and mouths of streams which are temporarily separated from the ocean by sandbars shall be considered as estuaries. Estuarine waters shall be considered to extend from a bay or the open ocean to a point upstream where there is no significant mixing of fresh water and sea water. Estuarine waters include, but are not limited to, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as defined in Section 12220, Suisun Bay, Carquinez Strait downstream to the Carquinez Bridge, and appropriate areas of the Smith, Mad, Eel, Noyo, Russian, Klamath, San Diego, and Otay Rivers. | high |
| #D037 | | Administrator | 'Administrator' means a person whom the state board has determined is competent and willing to perform the administrative, technical, operational, legal, or managerial services required for purposes of this chapter, pursuant to criteria set forth in the handbook described in subdivision (i) of Section 13289.5. An administrator may be any qualified individual, firm, or another sewer service provider. | high |
| #D038 | | Oath | 'Oath' includes affirmation. | high |
| #D039 | | Bottled water | 'Bottled water' has the same meaning as defined in Section 111070 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D040 | | Disadvantaged community | 'Disadvantaged community' means a community in which the median household income is less than 80 percent of the statewide annual median household income level. | high |
| #D041 | | Environmental justice | 'Environmental justice' has the same meaning as defined in Section 30107.3 of the Public Resources Code. | high |
| #D042 | | proceeding | As used in this chapter, 'proceeding' means any inquiry, investigation, hearing, ascertainment, or other proceeding ordered or undertaken by the board pursuant to this code. | high |
| #D043 | | evidence | As used in this chapter, 'evidence' means any paper, book, map, account, or document. | high |
| #D044 | | Designated waste | 'Designated waste' means either of the following: (a) Hazardous waste that has been granted a variance from hazardous waste management requirements pursuant to Section 25143 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) Nonhazardous waste that consists of, or contains, pollutants that, under ambient environmental conditions at a waste management unit, could be released in concentrations exceeding applicable water quality objectives or that could reasonably be expected to affect beneficial uses of the waters of the state as contained in the appropriate state water quality control plan. | high |
| #D045 | | Report | 'Report' means any document or item that is required for submission in order for a person to comply with a regulation, directive, or order issued by the state board, a regional board, or a local agency pursuant to a program administered by the state board, including, but not limited to, any analysis of material by a laboratory that has accreditation or certification pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D046 | | pollution prevention | For the purposes of this section, 'pollution prevention' means any action that causes a net reduction in the use or generation of a hazardous substance or other pollutant that is discharged into water and includes any of the following: (A) 'Input change,' which means a change in raw materials or feedstocks used in a production process or operation so as to reduce, avoid, or eliminate the generation of pollutants discharged in wastewater. (B) 'Operational improvement,' which means improved site management so as to reduce, avoid, or eliminate the generation of pollutants discharged in wastewater. (C) 'Production process change,' which means a change in a process, method, or technique that is used to produce a product or a desired result, including the return of materials or their components for reuse within the existing processes or operations, so as to reduce, avoid, or eliminate the generation of pollutants discharged in wastewater. (D) 'Product reformulation,' which means changes in design, composition, or specifications of end products, including product substitution, so as to reduce, avoid, or eliminate the generation of problem pollutants discharged in wastewater. | high |
| #D047 | | sewage | For purposes of this section, 'sewage' means the effluent of a municipal wastewater treatment plant or a private utility wastewater treatment plant, as those terms are defined in Section 13625, except that sewage does not include recycled water, as defined in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 13529.2. | high |
| #D048 | | Wastewater treatment plant | 'Wastewater treatment plant' means any of the following: (A) Any facility owned by a state, local, or federal agency and used in the treatment or reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes. (B) Any privately owned facility used in the treatment or reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes, and regulated by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Sections 216 and 230.6 of, and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 701) of Part 1 of Division 1 of, the Public Utilities Code. (C) Any privately owned facility used primarily in the treatment or reclamation of sewage for which the state board or a regional board has issued waste discharge requirements. (2) 'Wastewater treatment plant' does not include onsite sewage treatment systems as regulated by the state board or a regional water quality control board pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 13290). | high |
| #D049 | | Well | 'Well' or 'water well' as used in this chapter, means any artificial excavation constructed by any method for the purpose of extracting water from, or injecting water into, the underground. This definition shall not include: (a) oil and gas wells, or geothermal wells constructed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation, except those wells converted to use as water wells; or (b) wells used for the purpose of (1) dewatering excavation during construction, or (2) stabilizing hillsides or earth embankments. | high |
| #D050 | | Signature | 'Signature' or 'subscription' includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer's or subscriber's name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto. | high |
| #D051 | | Residential development | 'Residential development' has the same meaning as defined in Section 65008 of the Government Code. | high |
| #D052 | | storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices | practices to control water pollutants, pollutant loads, and water runoff volume exiting a site to the maximum extent feasible by minimizing impervious surface area and controlling runoff from impervious surfaces through infiltration, evapotranspiration, bioretention, treatment, and rainfall harvest. | high |
| #D053 | | Meaningful civic engagement | 'Meaningful civic engagement' includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (A) Providing opportunities for people to participate in decisionmaking processes about activities that may affect their environment or health and to contribute to the state board's and regional boards' decisionmaking. (B) Seeking out and facilitating the involvement of people potentially affected by the decisions and taking into account community concerns. (C) Informing disadvantaged and tribal community members of opportunities to be appointed to advisory or decisionmaking bodies, thereby empowering those community members to become advisors or decisionmakers. | high |
| #D054 | | emergency conservation regulation | an emergency regulation that requires an end user of water, a water retailer, or a water wholesaler to conserve water or report to the board on water conservation. | high |
| #D055 | | Drought scenario | 'Drought scenario' means either of the following: (1) Circumstances for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency, pursuant to Section 8625 of the Government Code, based on drought conditions. (2)(A) Circumstances for which the state board determines, consistent with subparagraph (B), that drought conditions necessitate urgent and immediate action to ensure availability of safe drinking water, to protect public health and safety, or, after consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to avoid serious and irreparable harm to fish or wildlife. | high |
| #D056 | | Adequate sewer service | 'Adequate sewer service' means a sanitary sewer service provided by a sewer service provider that is not an inadequate sewer service, as defined in subdivision (j). | high |
| #D057 | | effluent limitation | 'effluent limitation' means a numeric restriction or a numerically expressed narrative restriction, on the quantity, discharge rate, concentration, or toxicity units of a pollutant or pollutants that may be discharged from an authorized location. An effluent limitation may be final or interim, and may be expressed as a prohibition. | high |
| #D058 | | Toxic hot spots | locations in enclosed bays, estuaries, or any adjacent waters in the 'contiguous zone' or the 'ocean,' as defined in Section 502 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1362), the pollution or contamination of which affects the interests of the state, and where hazardous substances have accumulated in the water or sediment to levels which (1) may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to aquatic life, wildlife, fisheries, or human health, or (2) may adversely affect the beneficial uses of the bay, estuary, or ocean waters as defined in water quality control plans, or (3) exceeds adopted water quality or sediment quality objectives. | high |
| #D059 | | Retail water facility | 'Retail water facility' has the same meaning as define d in Section 111070 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D060 | | Water-vending mach ine | 'Water-vending mach ine' has the same meaning as define d in Section 111070 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D061 | | Water hauler | 'Water hauler' has the same meaning as define d in Section 111070 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D062 | | Low-income | 'Low-income' mean s a househol d with income that is equal to or no greater than 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline level. For one-person household s, program eligibility shall be base d on two-person househol d guideline levels. | high |
| #D063 | | Program | 'Program' mean s the Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program. | high |
| #D064 | | Tribal community | 'Tribal community' mean s a community with in a federally recogniz e d California Native Amer ican tribe or nonfederally recogniz e d Native Amer ican tribe on the contac t list maintain e d by the Native Amer ican Heritage Commission for the purpos e s of Chapter 905 of the Statute s of 2004. | high |
| #D065 | | residential self-regenerating water softener | 'residential self-regenerating water softener' mean s residential water softening equ ipmen t or conditioning applianc e s that discharge brin e into a community sewer system. | high |
| #D066 | | suctio n dre dging | the us e of any vacu u m or suctio n dre dge equ ipmen t, also know n as suctio n dre dging, is the us e of a mech a niz e d or moto r iz e d syste m for re m oving or assisting in the re m ova l of, or the proces sing of, materia l fro m the be d, bank, or ch a nne l of a river, stre a m, or lak e in or der to recover mineral s. | high |
| #D067 | | monito r ing counci l | 'monito r ing counci l' mean s the California Water Qual ity Monito r ing Counci l establi s h e d purs u an t to th is section. | high |
| #D068 | | Publi c do m ain | 'Publi c do m ain' mean s a for m a t that may be dup l i c a t e d, distr ib u t e d, an d us e d with ou t pay m en t of a ro y alty or lice n s e fee. | high |
| #D069 | | Imple m e nting age n cy | 'Imple m e nting age n cy' mean s any of the following: (1) The Natu r a l Reso u r c e s Age n cy. (2) The California Envi r o n m e nt a l Protectio n Age n cy. (3) The Dep a r t m en t of Foo d an d Agr i c u l t u r e. (4) The California Healt h an d Hu m a n Ser vi c e s Age n cy. (5) Boa r d s, dep a r t m e nts, an d of f i c e s wit h in the age n ci e s speci f i e d in par a g r a p h s (1) to (4), incl u s iv e. (6) The O f f i c e of Eme r g e n cy Ser vi c e s. | high |
| #D070 | | Inte r i m or i m m e d ia t e re l i e f | 'Inte r i m or i m m e d ia t e re l i e f' mean s any of the following: (A) Haul e d water. (B) Tem p o r a r y com m u n ity wate r tanks. (C) Bott l e d water. (D) Wate r vending mac h i n e s. (E) Eme r g e n cy wate r inte r ti e s. (F) New wel l s or reh a b i l it a tio n of ex i s ting wel l s. (G) Con s t r u c tio n or in s t a l l a tio n of per m a n e n t conn e c tio n s to ad j a c e n t wate r syste m s, recy c l e d wate r pro j e c t s that pro v id e im m e d ia t e re l i e f to pot a b l e wate r sup p l i e s, wate r us e re d u c tio n an d ef f i ci e n cy eq u i p m en t, an d ot h e r pro j e c t s that sup p o r t im m e d ia t e dro u g h t res p o n s e. (H) Fis h an d wi l d l i f e res c u e, protectio n, an d re l o c a tio n. (I) Ed u c a tio n, ou t r e a c h, d i r e c t in s t a l l a tio n pro g r a m s, reb a t e pro g r a m s, an d ot h e r ac t iv iti e s to inc r e a s e wate r con s e r v a tio n. (J) Dro u g h t res i l i e n c e pl a nn ing. (K) Gro u n d wate r rec h a r g e pro j e c t s me e ting the condi tio n s of Sectio n 1242.1. | high |
| #D071 | | Col l e c tio n syste m own e r or op e r a t o r | 'Col l e c tio n syste m own e r or op e r a t o r' mean s the pub l i c or pr iv a t e e n tity ha v ing le g a l au t h o r ity ov e r the op e r a tio n an d mai n t e n a n c e of, or cap it a l im p r o v e m e nts to, th e sew e r col l e c tio n syste m. | high |
| #D072 | | G I S | 'G I S' mean s Geo g r a p h i c In f o r m a tio n Syste m. | high |
| #D073 | | s m a l l di s a d v a n t a g e d com m u n ity | 's m a l l di s a d v a n t a g e d com m u n ity' mean s a m u n i c i p a l ity wit h a pop u l a tio n of 20,000 per s o n s or le s s, or a rea s o n a b l y is o l a t e d an d d iv i s i b l e se g m e n t of a lar g e r m u n i c i p a l ity en c o m p a s sing 20,000 per s o n s or le s s, wit h an a nn u a l me d ia n hou s e h o l d inc o m e that is le s s tha n 80 percen t of the st a t e wid e ann u a l me d ia n hou s e h o l d inc o m e. | high |
| #D074 | | El i g i b l e ap p l i c a n t | 'El i g i b l e ap p l i c a n t' mean s a cou n ty, com m u n ity wate r syste m, lo c a l pub l i c age n cy, or no n p r o f it or g a niz a tio n. | high |
| #D075 | | Inte r i m re l i e f | 'Inte r i m re l i e f' inc l u d e s, bu t is no t l i m it e d to, th e pro v i s io n of do m e s ti c wate r st o r a g e tanks, haul e d wate r, an d bott l e d wate r. | high |
| #D076 | | dis c h a r g e r | 'dis c h a r g e r' mean s any e n tity req u i r e d to ob t a i n a natio n a l pol l u t a n t dis c h a r g e el i m i n a tio n syste m (N P D E S) per m it purs u an t to the Cl e a n Wate r Ac t (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et se q.), or any e n tity sub j e c t to th e pr e t r e a t m e n t pro g r a m as def i n e d in Par t 403 (com m e n cing wit h Sectio n 403.1) of Sub c h a p t e r N of Ch a p t e r 1 of Par t 403 of T it l e 40 of th e Cod e of Feder a l Re g u l a tio n s. | high |
| #D077 | | in d u s t r ia l dis c h a r g e r | 'in d u s t r ia l dis c h a r g e r' mean s any dis c h a r g e r ot h e r tha n a pub l i c l y own e d t r e a t m e n t wo r k s (P O T W). | high |
| #D078 | | raw wate r | 'raw wate r' mean s sur f a c e wate r or gro u n d wate r in it s nat u r a l l y oc c u r r ing st a t e pr io r to t r e a t m e n t. | high |
| #D079 | | eq u iv a l e n t dw e l l ing un it | 'eq u iv a l e n t dw e l l ing un it' mean s a s i n g l e fa m i l y dw e l l ing as def i n e d in Sectio n 221.0 of th e 1997 ed i tio n of th e Uni f o r m Pl u m b ing Cod e of th e Inte r n a tio n a l As s o ci a tio n of Pl u m b ing an d Mec h a n i c a l O f f i ci a l s. | high |
| #D080 | | Ex pa r t e com m u n i c a tio n | 'Ex pa r t e com m u n i c a tio n' mean s a n or a l or wr it t e n com m u n i c a tio n wit h on e or mo r e boa r d me m b e r s con c e r ning mat t e r s, ot h e r tha n a mat t e r of pro c e d u r e or pr a c ti c e tha t is no t in con t r o v e r s y, un d e r th e j u r i s d i c tio n of a boa r d, re g a r d ing a pending ac tio n of th e boa r d tha t s a ti s f i e s bot h of th e fol l owing: (A) Th e ac tio n do e s no t id e n ti f y speci f i c per s o n s as dis c h a r g e r s, bu t in s t e a d al l o w s per s o n s to en r o l l or f i l e a n au t h o r iz a tio n to dis c h a r g e un d e r th e ac tio n. (B) Th e ac tio n is fo r ad o p tio n, mo d i f i c a tio n, or re s ci s s io n of on e or mo r e of th e fol l owing: (i) Wa s t e dis c h a r g e req u i r e m e nts purs u an t to Sectio n 13263 or 13377. (ii) Condi tio n s of wate r qual ity cer ti f i c a tio n purs u an t to Sectio n 13160. (iii) Condi tio n a l waiv e r of wa s t e dis c h a r g e req u i r e m e nts purs u an t to Sectio n 13269. | high |
| #D081 | | Interested person | 'Interested person' means any of the following: (A) Any person who will be required to enroll or file authorization to discharge pursuant to the action at issue before the board or that person's agents or employees, including persons receiving consideration to represent that person. (B) Any person with a financial interest, as described in Article 1 (commencing with Section 87100) of Chapter 7 of Title 9 of the Government Code, in a matter at issue before a board, or that person's agents or employees, including persons receiving consideration to represent that person. (C) A representative acting on behalf of any formally organized civic, environmental, neighborhood, business, labor, trade, or similar association who intends to influence the decision of a board member on a matter before the board. | high |
| #D082 | | Affected residence | 'Affected residence' means a residence within a disadvantaged community that may be subject to provision of sewer service pursuant to this chapter. | high |
| #D083 | | Affected resident | 'Affected resident' means a resident or a property owner of an affected residence. | high |
| #D084 | | Annexation | 'Annexation' has the same meaning as set forth in Section 56017 of the Government Code. | high |
| #D085 | | Designated sewer system | 'Designated sewer system' means a sewer service provider that serves a disadvantaged community that is either an inadequate sewer service or a sewer system that has a demonstrated failure to maintain technical, managerial, or financial capacity to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. | high |
| #D086 | | Extension of service | 'Extension of service' has the same meaning as set forth in Section 56133 of the Government Code. | high |
| #D087 | | Inadequate onsite sewage treatment system | 'Inadequate onsite sewage treatment system' means an onsite sewage treatment system that has the reasonable potential to cause a violation of water quality objectives, to impair present or future beneficial uses of water, or to cause pollution, nuisance, or contamination of waters of the state. | high |
| #D088 | | Inadequate sewer service | 'Inadequate sewer service' means a sewer service provider that serves a disadvantaged community, has a demonstrated history of failures to meet regulatory standards for proper wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal, and may exhibit deficiencies, such as infrastructure failure, insufficient capacity, or ineffective treatment of wastewater. | high |
| #D089 | | Onsite sewage treatment system | (1) 'Onsite sewage treatment system' means an onsite sewage treatment system, as defined in Section 13290, that is not operated by a local agency, as defined in Section 56054 of the Government Code, or a utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission. (2) 'Onsite sewage treatment system' includes, but is not limited to, a septic tank, cesspool, leach field, and seepage pit. | high |
| #D090 | | Provision of sewer service | 'Provision of sewer service' means the provision of sanitary sewer service, including the collection or treatment of sewage, to a disadvantaged community by any of the following processes: (1) Annexation where the receiving sewer system is a special district. (2) Extension of service where the receiving sewer system is a city, county, or special district. (3) Additional sewer service provided within city, county, or special district boundaries. | high |
| #D091 | | Receiving sewer system | 'Receiving sewer system' means the sewer system that provides service to a disadvantaged community pursuant to this chapter. | high |
| #D092 | | Sewer service provider | 'Sewer service provider' means any local agency that provides sanitary sewer service, which may include wastewater collection, treatment, disposal, or any combination thereof. | high |
| #D093 | | Special district | 'Special district' means a special district as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code. | high |
| #D094 | | Local agency | 'Local agency' means any of the following entities: (1) A city, county, or city and county. (2) A special district formed pursuant to general law or special act for the local performance of functions regarding onsite sewage treatment systems within limited boundaries. | high |
| #D095 | | Onsite sewage treatment systems | 'Onsite sewage treatment systems' includes individual disposal systems, community collection and disposal systems, and alternative collection and disposal systems that use subsurface disposal. | high |
| #D096 | | water replacement plan | A 'water replacement plan' means a plan pursuant to which the discharger will provide replacement water in accordance with a cleanup and abatement order. | high |
| #D097 | | brownfield site | For purposes of this section, 'brownfield site' means a real estate parcel or improvements located on the parcel, or both that parcel and the improvements, that is abandoned, idled, or underused, due to environmental contamination and that is proposed to be redeveloped. | high |
| #D098 | | nonoperating | As used in this section, the words 'nonoperating' or 'not in operation' mean the business is not conducting routine operations usually associated with that kind of business. | high |
| #D099 | | waste discharge requirements | The term 'waste discharge requirements' as referred to in this division is the equivalent of the term 'permits' as used in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended. | high |
| #D100 | | regulated municipalities and industries | As used in this section, 'regulated municipalities and industries' means the municipalities and industries required to obtain a storm water permit under Section 402(p) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1342(p)) and implementing regulations. | high |
| #D101 | | supplemental environmental project | For the purposes of this section, a 'supplemental environmental project' means an environmentally beneficial project that a person agrees to undertake, with the approval of the regional board, that would not be undertaken in the absence of an enforcement action under this section. | high |
| #D102 | | Health risk assessment | 'Health risk assessment' means an analysis which evaluates and quantifies the potential human exposure to a pollutant that bioaccumulates or may bioaccumulate in edible fish, shellfish, or wildlife. 'Health risk assessment' includes an analysis of both individual and population wide health risks associated with anticipated levels of human exposure, including potential synergistic effects of toxic pollutants and impacts on sensitive populations. | high |
| #D103 | | Sediment quality objective | 'Sediment quality objective' means that level of a constituent in sediment which is established with an adequate margin of safety, for the reasonable protection of the beneficial uses of water or the prevention of nuisances. | high |
| #D104 | | Abandoned mine waste | 'Abandoned mine waste' means the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property on, or discharging from, abandoned mined lands, directly resulting from, or displaced by, surface mining operations. | high |
| #D105 | | Abandoned mined lands | 'Abandoned mined lands' has the same meaning as 'abandoned surface mined area,' as defined in clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 2796 of the Public Resources Code. | high |
| #D106 | | Acid rock drainage | 'Acid rock drainage' means acid waste discharge that results from the oxidation of metal sulfide in minerals associated with mined lands. | high |
| #D107 | | Mined lands | 'Mined lands' has the same meaning as set forth in Section 2729 of the Public Resources Code. | high |
| #D108 | | Oversight agency | 'Oversight agency' means either the state board or a regional board. | high |
| #D109 | | Remediating agency | 'Remediating agency' or 'agency' means any public agency, or any private individual or entity acting under a cooperative agreement with a public agency, that prepares and submits a remediation plan in accordance with this chapter. | high |
| #D110 | | Remediation plan | 'Remediation plan' means a plan to improve the quality of the waters of the state that have been directly and adversely impacted by abandoned mine waste. | high |
| #D111 | | notice to comply | For purposes of this chapter, 'notice to comply' means a written method of alleging a minor violation that is in compliance with all of the following requirements: (a) The notice to comply is written in the course of conducting an inspection... (b) A copy... is presented to... an owner, operator, employee, or representative... (c) The notice to comply clearly states the nature of the alleged minor violation, a means by which compliance... may be achieved, and a time limit... (d) The notice to comply shall contain the information specified in subdivision (h) of Section 13399.2... | high |
| #D112 | | Facilities | 'Facilities' means any of the following: (1) Facilities for the collection, treatment, or export of waste when necessary to prevent water pollution. (2) Facilities to recycle wastewater and to convey recycled water. (3) Facilities or devices to conserve water. (4) Any combination of the facilities described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). | high |
| #D113 | | Fund | 'Fund' means the State Water Quality Control Fund. | high |
| #D114 | | Not-for-profit organization | 'Not-for-profit organization' means an organization operated on a notfor-profit basis, including, but not limited to, an association, cooperative, or private corporation that is a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that meets technical, managerial, and financial capacity criteria specified by the state board for public water systems, or that is subject to regulatory authority pursuant to this division. | high |
| #D115 | | Public agency | 'Public agency' means any city, county, city and county, district, or other political subdivision of the state. | high |
| #D116 | | Administration fund | 'Administration fund' means the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Administration Fund. | high |
| #D117 | | Federal Clean Water Act | 'Federal Clean Water Act' or 'federal act' means the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. | high |
| #D118 | | Financial assistance | (1) 'Financial assistance' means assistance authorized under Section 13480. Financial assistance includes loans, refinancing, installment sales agreements, purchase of debt, and loan guarantees for municipal revolving funds, but excludes grants. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), financial assistance may include grants or other assistance directed by a federal grant deposited in the fund to the extent authorized. | high |
| #D119 | | Grant fund | 'Grant fund' means the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Small Community Grant Fund. | high |
| #D120 | | Matching funds | 'Matching funds' means money that equals that percentage of federal contributions required by the federal act to be matched with state funds. | high |
| #D121 | | Municipality | 'Municipality' has the same meaning and construction as in the federal act and also includes all state, interstate, and intermunicipal agencies. | high |
| #D122 | | Publicly owned | 'Publicly owned' means owned by a municipality. | high |
| #D123 | | Severely disadvantaged community | 'Severely disadvantaged community' means a community with a median household income of less than 60 percent of the statewide median household income. | high |
| #D124 | | Qualified nonprofit organization | 'Qualified nonprofit organization' means an organization with experience in providing financial and technical assistance to disadvantaged communities that is qualified to operate in California and qualified for exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. | high |
| #D125 | | Small water system | 'Small water system' means a system for the provision of piped water to the public for human consumption that serves at least two, but not more than 14, service connections and is not a public water system as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D126 | | Agreement | 'Agreement' means any agreement or contract for financial assistance from the state board to an eligible recipient, including, but not limited to, a loan, grant, installment sale agreement, contract, or other form of agreement made for the purpose of providing financial assistance. | high |
| #D127 | | Recipient | 'Recipient' means any person or entity that receives any financial assistance from the state board, including, but not limited to, a recipient's contractors or consultants who performs work for a recipient. | high |
| #D128 | | contractor or consultant | For purposes of this section, 'contractor or consultant' means a person whose professional services are engaged to perform work for which public moneys are expended. | high |
| #D129 | | animal | For purposes of this section, 'animal' includes any domesticated bird, bovine animal, horse, mule, burro, sheep, goat, or swine. | high |
| #D130 | | Direct potable reuse | 'Direct potable reuse' means the planned introduction of recycled water either directly into a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, or into a raw water supply immediately upstream of a water treatment plant. | high |
| #D131 | | Raw water augmentation | 'Raw water augmentation,' which means the planned placement of recycled water into a system of pipelines or aqueducts that deliver raw water to a drinking water treatment plant that provides water to a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D132 | | Treated drinking water augmentation | 'Treated drinking water augmentation,' means the planned placement of recycled water into the water distribution system of a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D133 | | Indirect potable reuse for groundwater recharge | 'Indirect potable reuse for groundwater recharge' means the planned use of recycled water for replenishment of a groundwater basin or an aquifer that has been designated as a source of water supply for a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D134 | | Reservoir water augmentation | 'Reservoir water augmentation' means the planned placement of recycled water into a raw surface water reservoir used as a source of domestic drinking water supply for a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, or into a constructed system conveying water to such a reservoir. | high |
| #D135 | | advanced purified demonstration water | 'advanced purified demonstration water' means product water from an advanced water purification facility that satisfies both of the following requirements: (1) The product water is treated by means of all of the following treatment processes: (A) Microfiltration, ultrafiltration, or other filtration processes to remove particulates before reverse osmosis. (B) Reverse osmosis. (C) Advanced oxidation. (2) The product water meets or exceeds all federal and state drinking water standards and is produced in accordance with the advanced treatment criteria for purified water specified in Section 60320.201 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations. | high |
| #D136 | | advanced water purification facility | 'advanced water purification facility' means a water recycling treatment plant that produces advanced purified demonstration water in accordance with the advanced treatment criteria specified in Section 60320.201 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations. | high |
| #D137 | | batch | 'batch' means an increment of advanced purified treatment water that has completed the treatment process, is separate from incoming water, and is not receiving any additional source water. | high |
| #D138 | | Customer | 'Customer' means a person or entity that purchases water from a retail water supplier. | high |
| #D139 | | Entity responsible for groundwater replenishment | 'Entity responsible for groundwater replenishment' means any person or entity authorized by statute or court order to manage a groundwater basin and acquire water for groundwater replenishment. | high |
| #D140 | | Recycled water producer | 'Recycled water producer' means any local public entity that produces recycled water. | high |
| #D141 | | Recycled water wholesaler | 'Recycled water wholesaler' means any local public entity that distributes recycled water to retail water suppliers and which has constructed, or is constructing, a recycled water distribution system. | high |
| #D142 | | Retail water supplier | 'Retail water supplier' means any local entity, including a public agency, city, county, or private water company, that provides retail water service. | high |
| #D143 | | Retailer | 'Retailer' means the retail water supplier in whose service area is located the property to which a customer requests the delivery of recycled water service. | high |
| #D144 | | Chief plant operator | 'Chief plant operator' means the person designated by the owner of the wastewater treatment plant as the person responsible for the overall operation of the wastewater treatment plant, including compliance with effluent limitations established in the wastewater treatment plant's waste discharge requirements. | high |
| #D145 | | Operates | 'Operates' means actions or decisions to control performance or outcome of one or more wastewater treatment processes and includes the supervision of any other person who acts or makes decisions to control the performance or outcome of one or more wastewater treatment processes. | high |
| #D146 | | Wastewater certificate | 'Wastewater certificate' means a certificate of competency issued by the state board stating that a person has met the requirements to be certified for a specific classification and grade level in the certification program. | high |
| #D147 | | Wastewater treatment process | 'Wastewater treatment process' means a process that improves the quality of wastewater before it is discharged from a wastewater treatment plant and includes all of the following: (1) Use of preliminary, primary, pond, secondary, or tertiary treatment for liquid-solids separation of wastewater. (2) Use of disinfection to inactivate or destroy pathogens in wastewater. (3) Use of solids treatment for solids stabilization and volume reduction before removal from the wastewater treatment plant site. | high |
| #D148 | | Water treatment operator certificate | 'Water treatment operator certificate' has the same meaning as defined in Section 106876 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D149 | | Water recycling treatment plant | 'Water recycling treatment plant' means a wastewater treatment plant that further treats secondary or tertiary effluent, or both, for the purpose of meeting the uniform statewide recycling criteria established pursuant to Section 13521 for the use of recycled water. | high |
| #D150 | | Cathodic protection well | 'Cathodic protection well,' as used in this chapter, means any artificial excavation in excess of 50 feet constructed by any method for the purpose of installing equipment or facilities for the protection electrically of metallic equipment in contact with the ground, commonly referred to as cathodic protection. | high |
| #D151 | | Monitoring well | 'Monitoring well' as used in this chapter, means any artificial excavation by any method for the purpose of monitoring fluctuations in groundwater levels, quality of underground waters, or the concentration of contaminants in underground waters. | high |
| #D152 | | Geothermal heat exchange well | 'Geothermal heat exchange well,' as used in this chapter, means any uncased artificial excavation, by any method, that uses the heat exchange capacity of the earth for heating and cooling, in which excavation the ambient ground temperature is 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) or less, and which excavation uses a closed loop fluid system to prevent the discharge or escape of its fluid into surrounding aquifers or other geologic formations. | high |
| #D153 | | houseboat | As used in this article, 'houseboat' means a watercraft or industrial or commercial structure on or in the waters of the state, floating or nonfloating, which is designed or fitted out as a place of habitation and is not principally used for transportation. 'Houseboat' includes platforms, and waterborne hotels and restaurants. | high |
| #D154 | | City or county | 'City or county' means any city, county, city and county, or port authority. | high |
| #D155 | | Dry weather runoff | 'Dry weather runoff' has the same meaning as defined in Section 10561.5. | high |
| #D156 | | Local agency | 'Local agency' includes, but is not limited to, a city, county, special district, joint powers authority, sanitary district, sanitation district, county sanitation district, community services district, and municipal utility district. | high |
| #D157 | | Municipal wastewater agency | 'Municipal wastewater agency' means a local agency that chooses to exercise any authority granted under this chapter. | high |
| #D158 | | Stormwater | 'Stormwater' has the same meaning as defined in Section 10561.5. | high |
| #D159 | | cementitious material | 'cementitious material' means cement, cement kiln dust, clinker, and clinker dust. | high |
| #D160 | | responsible party | 'responsible party' has the same meaning as defined in Section 78145 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D161 | | authorized public agency | 'authorized public agency' means a public agency authorized by a water quality control board and having authority to ensure that systems are adequately designed, located, sized, spaced, constructed, and maintained. | high |
| #D162 | | site | 'site' has the same meaning as defined in Section 25395.79.2 of the Health and Safety Code. | high |
| #D163 | | agency | For purposes of this article, unless the context otherwise requires, 'agency' means the state board or a regional board. | high |
| #D164 | | serious violation | 'serious violation' means any waste discharge that violates the effluent limitations contained in the applicable waste discharge requirements for a Group II pollutant, as specified in Appendix A to Section 123.45 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, by 20 percent or more or for a Group I pollutant, as specified in Appendix A to Section 123.45 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, by 40 percent or more. | high |
| #D165 | | wastewater treatment unit | 'wastewater treatment unit' means a component of a wastewater treatment plant that performs a designated treatment function. | high |
| #D166 | | NPDES permit | 'NPDES permit' means a permit issued under the national pollutant discharge elimination system program in accordance with the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1251 et seq.). | high |
| #D167 | | waste well | As used in this article, 'waste well' includes any hole dug or drilled into the ground, used or intended to be used for the disposal of waste. | high |
| #D168 | | local jurisdiction | For purposes of this section, 'local jurisdiction' means a city, county, or city and county. | high |
| #D169 | | Management plan | 'Management plan' or 'plan' means the management plan for agricultural subsurface drainage and related problems as described in the final report of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, dated September 1990, described in subdivision (a) of Section 14901. | high |
| #D170 | | Commercial shellfish growing area | a commercial shellfish growing area is an area certified pursuant to Section 112170 of the Health and Safety Code in which shellfish are grown and harvested. | high |