The Legislature finds and declares that the greater portion of the water used in this State is stored, regulated, distributed and furnished by its ground water basins, and that such basins are subject to critical conditions of overdraft, depletion, sea water intrusion and degraded water quality causing great detriment to the peace, health, safety and welfare of the people of the State.
Cal. Water Code § 12922.1
Declaration of Policy
Known as the Porter-Dolwig Ground Water Basin Protection Law
The act spans §§ 12920 to 12924 (10 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 52 Cal. App. 4th 1165 - Azusa Land Reclamation Co. v. Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster (1997)
Most recently applied in 52 Cal. App. 4th 1165 - Azusa Land Reclamation Co. v. Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster (February 1997)
Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1620.
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