Section 31630.5 Of Chapter 7. Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments From California Water Code >> Division 12. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 7.
31630.5
. As used in this chapter:
(a) "Annual" or "year" means a calendar year unless the context
indicates a contrary meaning.
(b) "District" means the Coachella Valley Water District.
(c) "Fiscal year" means the period of July 1 through June 30,
inclusive.
(d) "Production" or "produce" means the extraction of groundwater
by pumping or any other method within the boundaries of the district
or the diversion within the district of surface supplies which
naturally replenish the groundwater supplies within the district and
are used therein.
(e) "Producer" means any individual, partnership, association or
group of individuals, lessee, firm, private corporation, or any
public agency or public corporation, including, but not limited to,
the Coachella Valley Water District.
(f) "Minimal pumper" means any producer who produces 25 or fewer
acre-feet in any year.
(g) "Replenishment" and "replenishing" include incentive programs
encouraging producers to use reclaimed water supplied by the
district, or Colorado River water from the district's Coachella
Branch Canal, for irrigation or other purposes, instead of
groundwater.
(h) "Supplemental water" means water from the State Water
Resources Development System, or from the Colorado River Aqueduct of
the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, or from any
other source which is not part of the natural replenishment of the
groundwater supplies within the district, including reclaimed water.