Section 5101 Of Part 5.1. Statements Of Water Diversions And Use From California Water Code >> Division 2. >> Part 5.1.
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. Each person who, after December 31, 1965, diverts water shall
file with the board, prior to July 1 of the succeeding year, a
statement of his or her diversion and use, except that a statement is
not required to be filed if the diversion is any of the following:
(a) From a spring that does not flow off the property on which it
is located and from which the person's aggregate diversions do not
exceed 25 acre-feet in any year.
(b) Covered by a registration for small domestic use, small
irrigation use, or livestock stockpond use, or permit or license to
appropriate water on file with the board.
(c) Included in a notice filed pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with
Section 4999).
(d) Regulated by a watermaster appointed by the department and
included in annual reports filed with a court or the board by the
watermaster, which reports identify the persons who have diverted
water and describe the general purposes and the place, the use, and
the quantity of water that has been diverted from each source.
(e) Included in annual reports filed with a court or the board by
a watermaster appointed by a court or pursuant to statute to
administer a final judgment determining rights to water, which
reports identify the persons who have diverted water and give the
general place of use and the quantity of water that has been diverted
from each source.
(f) For use in compliance with Article 2.5 (commencing with
Section 1226) or Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 1228) of
Chapter 1 of Part 2.
(g) A diversion that occurs before January 1, 2009, if any of the
following applies:
(1) The diversion is from a spring that does not flow off the
property on which it is located, and the person's aggregate
diversions do not exceed 25 acre-feet in any year.
(2) The diversion is covered by an application to appropriate
water on file with the board.
(3) The diversion is reported by the department in its hydrologic
data bulletins.
(4) The diversion is included in the consumptive use data for the
Delta lowlands published by the department in its hydrologic data
bulletins.