22080. As used in this article:
(a) "Conduit" includes ditches, pipelines, and other means of
diversion.
(b) "District" means any irrigation district which includes land
included within a watermaster service area for which a watermaster
has previously been appointed by the Department of Water Resources,
but which elects to provide watermaster service pursuant to the
provisions of this article.
22080.5. Any duty or authority vested in a watermaster appointed by
a district may be exercised by the watermaster directly or through
the agency of a deputy watermaster if there is one.
22081. A district, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 22080,
may appoint one or more watermasters to regulate the use of water
within the district.
22081.5. The owner of every conduit subject to regulation by an
irrigation district shall construct and maintain to the satisfaction
of the district a substantial and serviceable diversion dam or works
in the channel of the stream from which the water is diverted.
22082. The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain to the
satisfaction of the district a substantial and serviceable headgate
in the conduit through which the water is diverted at or near the
diversion dam or works.
22082.5. The headgate shall be of such construction that it can be
locked and kept closed by the watermaster.
22083. The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain such
water flow measuring devices at such points along the conduit as may
be required and approved by the district for the purpose of assisting
the watermaster in determining the amounts of water which are being
diverted and applied to beneficial use.
22083.5. If the owner of any conduit refuses or neglects to
construct and maintain the diversion dam or works, the headgate, or
the measuring devices provided for in this article after 30 days'
notice by the district so to do, the watermaster may close the
conduit, and it shall not be opened or any water diverted from the
source of supply until the requirements of the district as to the
diversion dam or works, the headgate, or the measuring devices have
been complied with.
22084. The owner of every reservoir which is subject to regulation
by a watermaster and which is located across or upon the bed of a
natural stream or requires the use of a natural stream channel shall
construct and maintain such measuring devices below the reservoir in
the stream and such measuring devices above the reservoir on each
stream or source of supply discharging into the reservoir as may be
required and approved by the district for the purpose of assisting
the district or the watermaster in determining the amounts of water
to which the owner is entitled and the amounts of water which the
owner is diverting, storing, and applying to beneficial use.
22084.5. If the owner of any reservoir neglects or refuses to
construct and maintain the measuring devices provided for in this
article after 30 days' notice by the district, the watermaster may
open the outlet of the reservoir and the outlet shall not be closed,
except by order of the district, until the requirements of the
district as to the measuring devices are complied with.
22085. The district may make such reasonable regulations to secure
distribution of water in accordance with determined rights as may be
needed.
22085.5. The watermaster shall divide the water of the streams or
other sources of supply among the several conduits and reservoirs
taking water therefrom and so adjust or close the headgates of
conduits and regulate the controlling works of reservoirs as may be
necessary to insure a distribution of the water among the water users
entitled to its use, according to the rights of the users.
22086. Whenever in pursuance of his duties the watermaster
regulates a headgate to a conduit or the controlling works of a
reservoir, he may attach to the headgate or controlling works a
written notice properly dated and signed setting forth the fact that
the headgate or controlling works have been properly regulated and
are wholly under his control.
22086.5. The notice is legal notice to all persons interested in
the diversion and distribution of the water of the conduit or
reservoir.
22087. Any person who is injured by the action of any watermaster
may apply to the superior court of the county in which the injury
takes place for an injunction.
22087.5. Such injunction shall be issued only in case it is shown
at the hearing that the watermaster has failed to distribute the
water according to the rights as determined by decrees of court,
agreements, permits, or licenses.
22088. Every person who willfully and without authority closes,
changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring
device while it is under the control of the watermaster, or who
willfully takes or uses water which has been denied him by the
watermaster under the provisions of this part is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
22088.5. The possession or use of water when it has been so denied
by the watermaster is prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person
using it.
22089. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this
article is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not
less than twenty-five dollars ($25), nor more than two hundred fifty
dollars ($250), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less
than 10 days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
22089.5. A watermaster has the power to arrest any person violating
any of the provisions of this article and to give him into the
custody of the sheriff or other competent police officer within the
county, and immediately thereafter make a complaint before a
magistrate against the person so arrested.
22080. As used in this article:
(a) "Conduit" includes ditches, pipelines, and other means of
diversion.
(b) "District" means any irrigation district which includes land
included within a watermaster service area for which a watermaster
has previously been appointed by the Department of Water Resources,
but which elects to provide watermaster service pursuant to the
provisions of this article.
22080.5. Any duty or authority vested in a watermaster appointed by
a district may be exercised by the watermaster directly or through
the agency of a deputy watermaster if there is one.
22081. A district, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 22080,
may appoint one or more watermasters to regulate the use of water
within the district.
22081.5. The owner of every conduit subject to regulation by an
irrigation district shall construct and maintain to the satisfaction
of the district a substantial and serviceable diversion dam or works
in the channel of the stream from which the water is diverted.
22082. The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain to the
satisfaction of the district a substantial and serviceable headgate
in the conduit through which the water is diverted at or near the
diversion dam or works.
22082.5. The headgate shall be of such construction that it can be
locked and kept closed by the watermaster.
22083. The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain such
water flow measuring devices at such points along the conduit as may
be required and approved by the district for the purpose of assisting
the watermaster in determining the amounts of water which are being
diverted and applied to beneficial use.
22083.5. If the owner of any conduit refuses or neglects to
construct and maintain the diversion dam or works, the headgate, or
the measuring devices provided for in this article after 30 days'
notice by the district so to do, the watermaster may close the
conduit, and it shall not be opened or any water diverted from the
source of supply until the requirements of the district as to the
diversion dam or works, the headgate, or the measuring devices have
been complied with.
22084. The owner of every reservoir which is subject to regulation
by a watermaster and which is located across or upon the bed of a
natural stream or requires the use of a natural stream channel shall
construct and maintain such measuring devices below the reservoir in
the stream and such measuring devices above the reservoir on each
stream or source of supply discharging into the reservoir as may be
required and approved by the district for the purpose of assisting
the district or the watermaster in determining the amounts of water
to which the owner is entitled and the amounts of water which the
owner is diverting, storing, and applying to beneficial use.
22084.5. If the owner of any reservoir neglects or refuses to
construct and maintain the measuring devices provided for in this
article after 30 days' notice by the district, the watermaster may
open the outlet of the reservoir and the outlet shall not be closed,
except by order of the district, until the requirements of the
district as to the measuring devices are complied with.
22085. The district may make such reasonable regulations to secure
distribution of water in accordance with determined rights as may be
needed.
22085.5. The watermaster shall divide the water of the streams or
other sources of supply among the several conduits and reservoirs
taking water therefrom and so adjust or close the headgates of
conduits and regulate the controlling works of reservoirs as may be
necessary to insure a distribution of the water among the water users
entitled to its use, according to the rights of the users.
22086. Whenever in pursuance of his duties the watermaster
regulates a headgate to a conduit or the controlling works of a
reservoir, he may attach to the headgate or controlling works a
written notice properly dated and signed setting forth the fact that
the headgate or controlling works have been properly regulated and
are wholly under his control.
22086.5. The notice is legal notice to all persons interested in
the diversion and distribution of the water of the conduit or
reservoir.
22087. Any person who is injured by the action of any watermaster
may apply to the superior court of the county in which the injury
takes place for an injunction.
22087.5. Such injunction shall be issued only in case it is shown
at the hearing that the watermaster has failed to distribute the
water according to the rights as determined by decrees of court,
agreements, permits, or licenses.
22088. Every person who willfully and without authority closes,
changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring
device while it is under the control of the watermaster, or who
willfully takes or uses water which has been denied him by the
watermaster under the provisions of this part is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
22088.5. The possession or use of water when it has been so denied
by the watermaster is prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person
using it.
22089. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this
article is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not
less than twenty-five dollars ($25), nor more than two hundred fifty
dollars ($250), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less
than 10 days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
22089.5. A watermaster has the power to arrest any person violating
any of the provisions of this article and to give him into the
custody of the sheriff or other competent police officer within the
county, and immediately thereafter make a complaint before a
magistrate against the person so arrested.
22080. As used in this article:
(a) "Conduit" includes ditches, pipelines, and other means of
diversion.
(b) "District" means any irrigation district which includes land
included within a watermaster service area for which a watermaster
has previously been appointed by the Department of Water Resources,
but which elects to provide watermaster service pursuant to the
provisions of this article.
22080.5. Any duty or authority vested in a watermaster appointed by
a district may be exercised by the watermaster directly or through
the agency of a deputy watermaster if there is one.
22081. A district, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 22080,
may appoint one or more watermasters to regulate the use of water
within the district.
22081.5. The owner of every conduit subject to regulation by an
irrigation district shall construct and maintain to the satisfaction
of the district a substantial and serviceable diversion dam or works
in the channel of the stream from which the water is diverted.
22082. The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain to the
satisfaction of the district a substantial and serviceable headgate
in the conduit through which the water is diverted at or near the
diversion dam or works.
22082.5. The headgate shall be of such construction that it can be
locked and kept closed by the watermaster.
22083. The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain such
water flow measuring devices at such points along the conduit as may
be required and approved by the district for the purpose of assisting
the watermaster in determining the amounts of water which are being
diverted and applied to beneficial use.
22083.5. If the owner of any conduit refuses or neglects to
construct and maintain the diversion dam or works, the headgate, or
the measuring devices provided for in this article after 30 days'
notice by the district so to do, the watermaster may close the
conduit, and it shall not be opened or any water diverted from the
source of supply until the requirements of the district as to the
diversion dam or works, the headgate, or the measuring devices have
been complied with.
22084. The owner of every reservoir which is subject to regulation
by a watermaster and which is located across or upon the bed of a
natural stream or requires the use of a natural stream channel shall
construct and maintain such measuring devices below the reservoir in
the stream and such measuring devices above the reservoir on each
stream or source of supply discharging into the reservoir as may be
required and approved by the district for the purpose of assisting
the district or the watermaster in determining the amounts of water
to which the owner is entitled and the amounts of water which the
owner is diverting, storing, and applying to beneficial use.
22084.5. If the owner of any reservoir neglects or refuses to
construct and maintain the measuring devices provided for in this
article after 30 days' notice by the district, the watermaster may
open the outlet of the reservoir and the outlet shall not be closed,
except by order of the district, until the requirements of the
district as to the measuring devices are complied with.
22085. The district may make such reasonable regulations to secure
distribution of water in accordance with determined rights as may be
needed.
22085.5. The watermaster shall divide the water of the streams or
other sources of supply among the several conduits and reservoirs
taking water therefrom and so adjust or close the headgates of
conduits and regulate the controlling works of reservoirs as may be
necessary to insure a distribution of the water among the water users
entitled to its use, according to the rights of the users.
22086. Whenever in pursuance of his duties the watermaster
regulates a headgate to a conduit or the controlling works of a
reservoir, he may attach to the headgate or controlling works a
written notice properly dated and signed setting forth the fact that
the headgate or controlling works have been properly regulated and
are wholly under his control.
22086.5. The notice is legal notice to all persons interested in
the diversion and distribution of the water of the conduit or
reservoir.
22087. Any person who is injured by the action of any watermaster
may apply to the superior court of the county in which the injury
takes place for an injunction.
22087.5. Such injunction shall be issued only in case it is shown
at the hearing that the watermaster has failed to distribute the
water according to the rights as determined by decrees of court,
agreements, permits, or licenses.
22088. Every person who willfully and without authority closes,
changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring
device while it is under the control of the watermaster, or who
willfully takes or uses water which has been denied him by the
watermaster under the provisions of this part is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
22088.5. The possession or use of water when it has been so denied
by the watermaster is prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person
using it.
22089. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this
article is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not
less than twenty-five dollars ($25), nor more than two hundred fifty
dollars ($250), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less
than 10 days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
22089.5. A watermaster has the power to arrest any person violating
any of the provisions of this article and to give him into the
custody of the sheriff or other competent police officer within the
county, and immediately thereafter make a complaint before a
magistrate against the person so arrested.
