Section 13808.

CA Water Code § 13808 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) Except as specified in Section 13808.4, every city or county overlying a critically overdrafted basin shall request estimates of the following information, to the extent that it can be reasonably known, from an applicant for a new well located within a critically overdrafted basin, or the applicant’s agent, as part of an application for a well permit:

(1) A map of the location, as well as information including, but not limited to, global positioning system coordinates and elevation of the proposed well.

(2) The depth.

(3) The proposed capacity, estimated pumping rate, anticipated pumping schedule, and estimated annual extraction volume.

(4) The geologic siting information, including, but not limited to, water table depth, seasonal fluctuations, recharge area and rate, if known, and location to flood plain.

(5) The distance from any potential sources of pollution onsite and on adjacent properties, including, but not limited to, existing or proposed septic systems, wells, animal or fowl enclosures, transmission lines, or sewer lines.

(6) The distance from ponds, lakes, and streams within 300 feet.

(7) Any existing wells on the property, including well use, depth, diameter, screen interval, pumping rate, estimated or measured annual extraction volume, and, if available, information on specific capacity or other pumping tests completed.

(8) For a well below Corcoran clay, a map showing the location of canals, ditches, pipelines, utility corridors, and roads within two miles.

(9) The estimated cumulative extraction volume before January 1, 2020.

(10) The size in acres of the area to be served by the well.

(11) The planned category of water use, such as irrigation, stock, domestic, municipal, industrial, or other.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not require a city or county to amend or update an existing ordinance.

(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 538, Sec. 1. (SB 252) Effective January 1, 2018. Inoperative January 30, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 13808.8.)