§ 63000.86. Source Water Protection Program.

“Source water protection program”, also known as a wellhead protection program or a watershed management program, means a comprehensive program developed to protect a water source used as a drinking water supply and includes activities such as organizing a community taskforce to develop and carry out the protection program, educating the community on source protection, conducting a source water assessment to determine the PCAs to which the source is most vulnerable, identifying management measures for the PCAs posing the highest risk, developing a strategy for implementing those measures, considering protection principles when siting any new sources, and identifying alternative sources of supply for emergencies.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 3-23-99 as an emergency; operative 3-23-99 (Register 99, No. 13). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-21-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-23-99 order transmitted to OAL 7-13-99 and filed 8-18-99 (Register 99, No. 34).

3. Renumbering of former section 63000.86 to section 63000.89 and new section 63000.86 filed 8-6-2002; operative 9-5-2002 (Register 2002, No. 32).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Section 116762.60, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 116760 et seq., Health and Safety Code.