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DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER 100-540›CHAPTER 8. Water Measurement 500-537.5›ARTICLE 3. Declaration of Policy 520-523

§ 523

California Water Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the California goal for measurement of water use is the achievement by January 1, 1992, of the installation of water meters on all new water service connections after that date to systems and facilities owned, operated, or under the management or control of a water purveyor, which meters will measure the quantity of water furnished or delivered through each system or facility to each new user of the water.

(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 407, Sec. 2.)

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