Section 5410 Of Article 2. Sewage And Other Waste From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 5. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 2.
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. As used in this chapter:
(a) "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 of whatever nature.
(b) "Person" as used in this article also includes any city,
county, district, the state or any department or agency thereof.
(c) "Waters of the state" means any water, surface or underground,
including saline waters, within the boundaries of the state.
(d) "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" shall include any equivalent effect resulting from
the disposal of waste, whether or not waters of the state are
affected.
(e) "Pollution" means an alteration of the quality of the waters
of the state by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects: (1)
such waters for beneficial uses, or (2) facilities which serve such
beneficial uses. "Pollution" may include "contamination."
(f) "Nuisance" means anything which: (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, and (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, and (3) occurs during, or as a
result of, the treatment or disposal of wastes.
(g) "Regional board" means any California regional water quality
control board created pursuant to Section 13201 of the Water Code.