31145
. In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Stinson
Beach County Water District, Marin County, shall have all of the
following powers and shall promptly and effectively exercise such
powers as may be appropriate for improving water quality and supply,
reducing use of water, and preventing nuisance, pollution, waste, and
contamination of water:
(a) To carry on technical and other investigations, examinations,
or tests, of all kinds, make measurements, collect data, and make
analyses, studies, and inspections pertaining to the water supply,
use of water, water quality, nuisance, pollution, waste, and
contamination of water, both within and without the district,
including, but not limited to, such activities related to use of
public, combined, or private septic and septic tank disposal systems.
(b) To regulate, prohibit, or control the discharge of pollutants,
waste, or any other materials into the ground or surface waters of
the district or the contiguous seashores of the district by requiring
dischargers to obtain a permit from the district prior to any such
discharge and by prohibiting the discharge of pollutants, sewage,
septic drainage, or any other material which does or may cause a
nuisance into the ground or surface waters of the district or the
contiguous seashores of the district without a permit having first
been obtained from the district; to charge fees for the issuance and
periodic renewal of such permits in such amount as will defray all or
a portion of the costs of exercising the powers provided in this
article; to require all permittees to indemnify the district from any
and all damages, penalties, or other expenses imposed on or required
of the district by federal, state, regional, or local agencies due
to any discharge by such permittees into ground or surface waters of
the district or the contiguous seashores of the district; to require
as a condition of obtaining discharge permits from the district that
all such dischargers also obtain state and federal waste discharge
permits and any other permits required by federal, state, regional,
or local law.
(c) To adopt and enforce regulations within the incorporated and
unincorporated areas of the district, after holding a public hearing
on reasonable notice thereof, to control and enhance the quality of
the ground and surface waters of the district, to eliminate the
pollution, waste, and contamination of water flowing into, through,
or originating within water courses and impoundments, both natural
and artificial, within the district, to prevent contamination,
nuisance, pollution, or otherwise rendering unfit for beneficial use
the surface or ground water used or useful in the district, and to
expend such amounts as are necessary to exercise such powers from the
funds of the district.
(d) To increase, to improve the quality of, and to prevent the
waste or diminution of the water supply in, or unlawful exportation
of water from, the district; to obtain, retain, conserve, treat by
physical, chemical, or biological processes, or otherwise reclaim
sanitary, sewage, drainage, storm, flood, and other water for
beneficial use within the district or for storage, discharge, or
disposal in accordance with legally established water quality
specifications; and, whenever the board of directors shall find it to
be in the best interests of the district so to do, to sell such
water for agricultural, domestic, or other beneficial purposes within
or without the district upon such terms and conditions as may be
prescribed by the board.