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Show 152 CALIFORNIA the responsibility of administration of the recordation of all water extractions from underground sources in Southern California.223 A major step was taken in 1955 when the legislature passed the Water Replenishment District Act224 which authorized the formation of special districts empowered to levy ad valorem taxes, pump taxes, and direct charges, to exchange and import water, to replenish un- derground sources, and to initiate adjudication proceedings. Al- though only one such district has been formed, other water-oriented special districts have implemented the contemplated policies and procedures. The Orange County Water District has established re- plenishment programs, regulated pumping by means of pump taxes, and has protected the basin by means of a sea water barrier pro- gram. The district formed under the Act, the Central and West Basin Water Replenishment District, has developed a strong regulatory program in response to a stipulated judgment after adjudication of underground water rights in the basin.225 Of major importance is a complicated exchange pool created to make use of imported water supplies without damaging rights to use the basin water. State participation in the management process has expanded greatly since 1960. The water resources control board may now initiate actions to restrict pumping and to impose physical solutions to prevent irreparable injury.226 The procedure includes investigation by a government agency, a public hearing before the Board, and a decision as to the necessity of adjudication proceedings. The ad- judication may be through a local agency or the Board itself. All State action is to be in accord with the State policy adopted by the Porter Dolwig Ground Water Basin Protection Law of 1961,227 which also authorizes study of underground water problems by the Department of Water Resources. Publications Available Institution for Water Resource Research: Water Resources Center University of California Room 2066 Engr. I Los Angeles, Calif. 90024 213-825-5421 or 3422 Publications Hutching, The California Law of Water Rights (1956). Rogers and Nicols, Water for California (Bancroft-Whitney, 1967). Ayer, Water Quality Control at Lake Tahoe: A Dissertation on Grasshopper Soup, 58 Calif. L. Rev. 1273 (1970). Henley, The Evaluation of Forms of Water Users Organizations in California, 45 Calif. L. Rev. 665 (1957). Krieger and Banks, Ground Water Basin Management, 50 Calif. L. Rev. 56 (1962). Kachel, From Dust to Dustt A Legislator's View of California's Coming Water Crises, 4 San Diego L. Rev. 269 (1967). Reis, A Review and Revitalization: Concepts of Ground Water Production and Management-The California Ewperience, 7 Nat. Res. J. 53 (1967). b»W,C, sees. 4999-5008. 224 W.C., sees. 60000 et eeq. ¦b See Reis, A Review and Revitalization: Concepts of Ground Water Production and Management-The California Experience, 7 Nat. Res. J. 53 (1967). WW.C, sees. 2100-2102. 227 Stats. 1961, c. 1620; W.C., sees. 12920 et sea. |
