Section 10902 Of Part 2.9. Efficient Water Management Practices For Agricultural Water Suppliers From California Water Code >> Division 6. >> Part 2.9.
10902
. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this section govern construction of this part.
(a) "Agricultural water supplier" or "supplier" means a supplier,
either publicly or privately owned, supplying water, regardless of
the basis of right, for agricultural purposes.
(b) "Efficient water management practices" means reasonable and
economically justifiable programs to improve the delivery and use of
water used for agricultural purposes.
(c) "Water conservation" means the reduction of the amount of
water irretrievably lost to saline sinks, moisture-deficient soils,
water surface evaporation, or noncrop evapotranspiration in the
process of satisfying an existing beneficial use achieved either by
improving the technology or method for diverting, transporting,
applying, or recovering the water or by implementation of other
conservation methods.