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.
Cal. Water Code § 13374
Compliance With the Provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as Amended in 1972
Known as the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
The act spans §§ 13000–16201 (413 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 35 Cal. 4th 613 - City of Burbank v. State Water Resources Control Board (2005)
Most recently applied in Dep't of Fin. v. Comm'n on State Mandates (December 2017)
Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1256.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.