Health and Safety Code section 117020

No person shall construct, maintain, or use any waste well extending to or into a subterranean water-bearing stratum that is used or intended to be used as, or is suitable for, a source of water supply for domestic purposes, except pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 13540) of Chapter 7, Division 7 of the Water Code.

Source: Section 117020, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=117020. (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_117020

Original Source: Section 117020, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=117020. (last accessed May 12, 2025).