Water Code section 44200

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter:

(a)

“Basin” means the Kern County Groundwater Basin, as defined in Bulletin 118.

(b)

“District” means the Semitropic Water Storage District and its improvement districts.

(c)

“Groundwater extraction facility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10721.

(d)

“Management area” means the portion of the basin within the boundaries of the district where the district has jurisdiction to implement specific management practices.

(e)

“Project” means the “Tulare Lake Storage and Floodwater Protection Project” as described in the concept paper received by the California Water Commission on March 31, 2016, and any other groundwater storage or recharge project authorized by the district and for which the district completes environmental review on or before January 1, 2020.

Source: Section 44200, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=44200.­ (updated Sep. 22, 2016; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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