Section 10912 Of Part 2.10. Water Supply Planning To Support Existing And Planned Future Uses From California Water Code >> Division 6. >> Part 2.10.
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. For the purposes of this part, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Project" means any of the following:
(1) A proposed residential development of more than 500 dwelling
units.
(2) A proposed shopping center or business establishment employing
more than 1,000 persons or having more than 500,000 square feet of
floor space.
(3) A proposed commercial office building employing more than
1,000 persons or having more than 250,000 square feet of floor space.
(4) A proposed hotel or motel, or both, having more than 500
rooms.
(5) A proposed industrial, manufacturing, or processing plant, or
industrial park planned to house more than 1,000 persons, occupying
more than 40 acres of land, or having more than 650,000 square feet
of floor area.
(6) A mixed-use project that includes one or more of the projects
specified in this subdivision.
(7) A project that would demand an amount of water equivalent to,
or greater than, the amount of water required by a 500 dwelling unit
project.
(b) If a public water system has fewer than 5,000 service
connections, then "project" means any proposed residential, business,
commercial, hotel or motel, or industrial development that would
account for an increase of 10 percent or more in the number of the
public water system's existing service connections, or a mixed-use
project that would demand an amount of water equivalent to, or
greater than, the amount of water required by residential development
that would represent an increase of 10 percent or more in the number
of the public water system's existing service connections.
(c) "Public water system" means a system for the provision of
piped water to the public for human consumption that has 3,000 or
more service connections. A public water system includes all of the
following:
(1) Any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facility
under control of the operator of the system that is used primarily in
connection with the system.
(2) Any collection or pretreatment storage facility not under the
control of the operator that is used primarily in connection with the
system.
(3) Any person who treats water on behalf of one or more public
water systems for the purpose of rendering it safe for human
consumption.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.