California Water Code 13288 – For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions …
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Affected residence” means a residence within a disadvantaged community that may be subject to provision of sewer service pursuant to this chapter.
Terms Used In California Water Code 13288
- Contamination: includes any equivalent effect resulting from the disposal of waste, whether or not waters of the state are affected. See California Water Code 13050
- County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
- Nuisance: means anything which meets all of the following requirements:
California Water Code 13050
- 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:
California Water Code 13050
- 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. See California Water Code 13050
- Waters of the state: means any surface water or groundwater, including saline waters, within the boundaries of the state. See California Water Code 13050
(b) “Affected resident” means a resident or a property owner of an affected residence.
(c) “Annexation” has the same meaning as set forth in § 56017 of the Government Code.
(d) “Disadvantaged community” means a disadvantaged community as defined in Section 79505.5.
(e) “Extension of service” has the same meaning as set forth in § 56133 of the Government Code.
(f) “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.
(g) (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 § 56064 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.
(h) “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.
(i) “Receiving sewer system” means the sewer system that provides service to a disadvantaged community pursuant to this chapter.
(j) “Special district” means a special district as defined in § 56036 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 982, Sec. 2. (SB 1215) Effective January 1, 2019.)