The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWB) has drafted an emergency regulation required under Senate Bill (SB) 88, signed June 24, 2015, that will add measurement and reporting requirements for all water right holders diverting 10 acre-feet of surface water or more per year.

The new measurement requirements will affect about 12,000 water right holders statewide.

The annual reporting requirement will affect all water users required to file statements of diversion and use (including those claiming a riparian or pre-1914 appropriative water right) and persons authorized to appropriate under a permit, license, registration (small domestic, small irrigation, or livestock stock pond), or certificate for livestock pond use.

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