No qualitative requirements.
No quantitative requirements.
| Req ID | Category | Name | Context | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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 | Person | 'Person' means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. | high | |
| #D004 | State board | 'State board' means the State Water Resources Control Board. | high | |
| #D005 | Regional board | 'Regional board' means any California regional water quality control board for a region as specified in Section 13200. | high | |
| #D006 | 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 | |
| #D007 | Waters of the state | 'Waters of the state' means any surface water or groundwater, including saline waters, within the boundaries of the state. | high | |
| #D008 | 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 | |
| #D009 | 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 | |
| #D010 | 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 | |
| #D011 | Pollution | '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. 'Pollution' may include 'contamination.' | high | |
| #D012 | 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 | |
| #D013 | 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 | |
| #D014 | Hazardous substance | '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 | |
| #D015 | Mining waste | '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 | |
| #D016 | 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 | |
| #D017 | 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 | |
| #D018 | 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 | |
| #D019 | 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... (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. | high | |
| #D020 | 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. | high | |
| #D021 | Department | 'Department,' unless otherwise specified, means the Department of Water Resources. | high | |
| #D022 | Board | 'Board,' unless otherwise specified, means the State Water Resources Control Board. | high | |
| #D023 | 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 | |
| #D024 | 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 | |
| #D025 | 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 | |
| #D026 | 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 | |
| #D027 | Evidence | As used in this chapter, 'evidence' means any paper, book, map, account, or document. | high | |
| #D028 | 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 | |
| #D029 | Disadvantaged community | 'Disadvantaged community' means a disadvantaged community, as defined in Section 79505.5, or a low-income community, as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code. | high | |
| #D030 | 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. | high | |
| #D031 | 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. | high | |
| #D032 | Municipality | 'Municipality' has the same meaning and construction as in the federal act and also includes all state, interstate, and intermunicipal agencies. | high | |
| #D033 | 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 | |
| #D034 | 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 | |
| #D035 | Spouse | 'Spouse' includes 'registered domestic partner,' as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code. | high | |
| #D036 | County | 'County' includes city and county. | high | |
| #D037 | Oath | 'Oath' includes affirmation. | high | |
| #D038 | 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 | |
| #D039 | 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 | |
| #D040 | Director | 'Director,' unless otherwise specified, means the Director of Water Resources. | high | |
| #D041 | 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 | |
| #D042 | Person | 'Person' includes any city, county, district, the state, and the United States, to the extent authorized by federal law. | high | |
| #D043 | 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 | |
| #D044 | 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 | |
| #D045 | 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. | high | |
| #D046 | 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 | |
| #D047 | Affected resident | 'Affected resident' means a resident or a property owner of an affected residence. | high | |
| #D048 | Annexation | 'Annexation' has the same meaning as set forth in Section 56017 of the Government Code. | high | |
| #D049 | 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 | |
| #D050 | Extension of service | 'Extension of service' has the same meaning as set forth in Section 56133 of the Government Code. | high | |
| #D051 | 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 | |
| #D052 | 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 | |
| #D053 | Onsite sewage treatment system | '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. | high | |
| #D054 | 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 | |
| #D055 | Receiving sewer system | 'Receiving sewer system' means the sewer system that provides service to a disadvantaged community pursuant to this chapter. | high | |
| #D056 | 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 | |
| #D057 | Special district | 'Special district' means a special district as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code. | high | |
| #D058 | Administration fund | 'Administration fund' means the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Administration Fund. | high | |
| #D059 | 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 | |
| #D060 | Financial assistance | '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. | high | |
| #D061 | 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 | |
| #D062 | 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 | |
| #D063 | 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 | |
| #D064 | Dry weather runoff | 'Dry weather runoff' has the same meaning as defined in Section 10561.5. | high | |
| #D065 | 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 | |
| #D066 | Municipal wastewater agency | 'Municipal wastewater agency' means a local agency that chooses to exercise any authority granted under this chapter. | high | |
| #D067 | Stormwater | 'Stormwater' has the same meaning as defined in Section 10561.5. | high | |
| #D068 | Writing | Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. | high | |
| #D069 | Shall | 'Shall' is mandatory. | high | |
| #D070 | May | 'May' is permissive. | high | |
| #D071 | Pollution prevention | '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 | |
| #D072 | 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 | |
| #D073 | 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. An effluent limitation, for those purposes, does not include a receiving water limitation, a compliance schedule, or a best management practice. | high | |
| #D074 | Toxic hot spots | 'Toxic hot spots' means 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 | |
| #D075 | 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 | |
| #D076 | 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 | |
| #D077 | 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 | |
| #D078 | 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 | |
| #D079 | 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 | |
| #D080 | 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 by an authorized representative of the state board or regional board. If testing is required... the representative shall immediately notify the facility owner or operator in writing. (b) A copy of the notice to comply is presented to a person who is 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 in which to comply, which shall not exceed 30 days. | high | |
| #D081 | 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 | |
| #D082 | 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 | |
| #D083 | 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 | |
| #D084 | 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 | |
| #D085 | Evidence | As used in this section, 'evidence' means any relevant evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs, regardless of the existence of any common law or statutory rule that might make improper the admission of the evidence over objection in a civil action. | high | |
| #D086 | 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 | |
| #D087 | 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 | |
| #D088 | 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 | |
| #D089 | 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 | |
| #D090 | 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 |