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DIVISION 3. DAMS AND RESERVOIRS 6000-6501›PART 1. SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS 6000-6470›CHAPTER 4. Powers of the Department 6075-6162›ARTICLE 1. Powers in General 6075-6081

§ 6081

California Water Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

In determining whether or not a dam or reservoir or proposed dam or reservoir constitutes or would constitute a danger to life or property, the department shall take into consideration the possibility that the dam or reservoir might be endangered by seepage, earth movement, or other conditions which exist or which might occur in any area in the vicinity of the dam or reservoir. Whenever the department deems that any such condition endangers a dam or reservoir, it shall order the owner to take such action as the department determines to be necessary to remove the resultant danger to life and property.

(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)

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