Water Code section 60221

Without being limited to the following enumerations, a district may, among other things but only for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district:

(a)

Buy and sell water;

(b)

Exchange water;

(c)

Distribute water to persons in exchange for ceasing or reducing ground water extractions;

(d)

Spread, sink and inject water into the underground;

(e)

Store, transport, recapture, recycle, purify, treat or otherwise manage and control water for the beneficial use of persons or property within the district.

(f)

Build the necessary works to achieve ground water replenishment.

Source: Section 60221, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=60221.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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