Section 986 - Additional Conservation Tools(a)(1) When an urban retail water supplier does not meet its real water loss standard required by section 981, the executive director, or the executive director's designee, may issue conservation orders requiring additional actions by the supplier to come into compliance with its real water loss standard. Prior to issuance of a conservation order, the Board will provide the supplier an indication of their noncompliance and seek to resolve the noncompliance informally, including through alternative enforceable agreements with the supplier. Informal resolutions of noncompliance will be sought for all systems, and particularly for suppliers that have met the provisions of section 981(h) or (i).(2) A decision or order issued under this article by the board or an officer or employee of the board is subject to reconsideration under article 2 (commencing with section 1122) of chapter 4 of part 1 of division 2 of the Water Code.(b) The executive director, or the executive director's designee, may issue an informational order requiring an urban retail water supplier to submit additional information relating to water loss. The failure to provide the information requested within 30 days or any additional time extension granted is a violation subject to civil liability of up to $500 per day for each day the violation continues pursuant to Water Code section 1846.(c) Submitting any information pursuant to this article that the person who submits the information knows or should have known is materially false is a violation of this article and is punishable by civil liability of up to five hundred dollars ($500) for each day in which the violation occurs. Every day that the error goes uncorrected constitutes a separate violation. Civil liability for the violation is in addition to and does not supersede or limit any other remedies, civil or criminal.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 23, § 986
1. New section filed 2-6-2023; operative 4-1-2023 (Register 2023, No. 6). Note: Authority cited: Sections 1058 and 10608.34, Water Code. Reference: Article X, Section 2, California Constitution; Section 116275, Health and Safety Code; Sections 102, 104, 105, 350, 516, 1846, 10608.12 and 10608.34, Water Code.
1. New section filed 2-6-2023; operative 4/1/2023 (Register 2023, No. 6).