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Article 3. State Assistance of California Water Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 3.
The department shall establish an ongoing program to
facilitate the voluntary exchange or transfer of water and implement
the various state laws that pertain to water transfers. The
department shall seek to facilitate these transactions only if the
water to be transferred is already developed and being diverted from
a stream for beneficial use or has been conserved.
The department shall create and maintain a list of entities
seeking to enter into water supply transfers, leases, exchanges, or
other similar arrangements. In addition, the department shall
maintain a list of the physical facilities which may be available to
carry out water supply transfers.
The department shall prepare a water transfer guide which
shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(a) A review of existing and appropriate state and federal laws that pertain to water transfers, water markets, or water rights.
(b) A list of persons or public agencies throughout the state involved in water management who could be helpful to those seeking assistance to transfer water.
(c) Information and resources which could be used to identify potential third-party impacts and mitigation alternatives, including economic or legal issues related to the transfer of water, and environmental issues, including, but not limited to, those described in Section 1018.
(d) A description of the services available to water users from the department.
(a) A review of existing and appropriate state and federal laws that pertain to water transfers, water markets, or water rights.
(b) A list of persons or public agencies throughout the state involved in water management who could be helpful to those seeking assistance to transfer water.
(c) Information and resources which could be used to identify potential third-party impacts and mitigation alternatives, including economic or legal issues related to the transfer of water, and environmental issues, including, but not limited to, those described in Section 1018.
(d) A description of the services available to water users from the department.
The department shall consult and coordinate its activities
with other state boards, departments, agencies, or offices whose
assistance may be desirable or necessary in carrying out the purposes
of this chapter.
(a) The temporary transfer of any water or water right that
otherwise would have been consumptively used or stored by the
transferor in the absence of the temporary transfer, does not in any
way prejudice the transferor's right to the use of the water in the
future.
(b) "Consumptively used," for purposes of this section, means the amount of water which has been consumed through use by evapotranspiration, has percolated underground, or has been otherwise removed from use in the downstream water supply as a result of direct diversion.
(b) "Consumptively used," for purposes of this section, means the amount of water which has been consumed through use by evapotranspiration, has percolated underground, or has been otherwise removed from use in the downstream water supply as a result of direct diversion.
