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Cal. Water Code § 13001 (2026)
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the state board and each regional board shall be the principal state agencies with primary responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality. The state board and regional boards in exercising any power granted in this division shall conform to and implement the policies of this chapter and shall, at all times, coordinate their respective activities so as to achieve a unified and effective water quality control program in this state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1958–2024 · leading case: Dep't of Fin. v. Comm'n on State Mandates.
Dep't of Fin. v. Comm'n on State Mandates (Cal. 2016). “‖ (Wat. Code, § 13001; see City of Burbank v.”
Gentry v. City of Murrieta (Cal. Ct. App. 1995). “Although the State Water Quality Control Board and the various regional water quality control boards have statutory jurisdiction over water quality (Wat. Code, § 13001), they have no particular authority over water erosion.”
United States v. HVI Cat Canyon, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2016). “3d 862 (quoting Cal. Water Code § 13001 .) Although the State Board sets the statewide policy for water quality control, each of the regional boards formulates and adopts water quality control plans for their respective regions.”
Cnty. of Los Angeles v. California State Water Resources Control Bd. (Cal. Ct. App. 2006). “(Wat. Code, § 13001; see Arkansas v. Oklahoma, supra, 503 U.”
People v. City of Los Angeles (Cal. Ct. App. 1958). “llution of waters and the abatement of a nuisance created by such pollution or by contamination of water, is further demonstrated' by the fact that there is expressly reserved to municipalities and counties the right to adopt and enforce regulations imposing further conditions,…”
California v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (S.D. Cal. 2008). “Cal. Water Code § 13001 (Deering 2007). Among other things, the Boards’ policies and procedures govern the investigation, oversight, and remediation of contaminated water for public use.”
Dep't of Fin. v. Comm'n on State Mandates (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2017). “"California's Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Porter-Cologne Act *851 or the Act; Wat. Code, § 13000 et seq. ) was enacted in 1969.”
Water Quality Assn. v. Cnty. of Santa Barbara (Cal. Ct. App. 1996). “(Wat. Code, § 13001.) The contemporaneous construction of a statute by an administrative agency charged with its enforcement is entitled to great weight by courts.”
Certain Underwriters v. Superior Court (Cal. Ct. App. 2000). “" (Wat.Code, § 13001; italics added.) The new law took effect on January 1, 1970 as the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Wat.”
Dept. of Fin. v. Comm'n on State Mandates (Cal. Ct. App. 2017). “It established the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board), along with nine regional water quality control boards, and gave those agencies ‘primary responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality.”
L.A. Waterkeeper v. State Water Resources Control Bd. (Cal. Ct. App. 2023). “(Wat. Code, § 13001 [regional water quality control boards, along with State Board, are “principal state agencies with primary responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality”; id.”
San Francisco Baykeeper v. Sunnyvale (N.D. Cal. 2024). “See Cal. Wat. Code §§ 13001 , 13160, 22 13200(b), 13225.”
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