ARTICLE 6. Reclamation of Water [25701. - 25705.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 6.

in effect

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25701. Section 25701.

The board of supervisors may enter into contracts with municipalities, sanitation districts, sanitary districts or other incorporated bodies within the county, providing for the delivery to the county of sewage, or other waste water, or both, produced by or coming from such incorporated bodies.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25702. Section 25702.

The board of supervisors may acquire, construct, repair, manage, and maintain all works necessary or proper for the treatment, purification, and reclamation of water from sewage or other waste waters, or both, and may reclaim any sewage or other waste water obtained pursuant to contracts entered into pursuant to this article, or obtained otherwise.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25703. Section 25703.

The board of supervisors may dispose of recycled water and any byproducts of that recycling, pursuant to this article, in any one or more of the following ways: (a) Sale to the county and the inhabitants thereof. (b) Sale to any public entity or water corporation. (c) Replenishment of the underground water supplies anywhere within the county. (d) Sale to any city or, with the consent of the city legislative body expressed by ordinance, to the inhabitants thereof.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25704. Section 25704.

The board of supervisors may enter into contracts with cities within the county, water districts within the county of any type or kind, sanitation districts within the county, the State of California, or the Government of the United States, under such terms as may be mutually advantageous, for the acquisition or construction, or both, of the works authorized by this article to be acquired or constructed. Each of the parties to such contract may contribute to the cost of such acquisition, or construction, or both, such sums of money as may be therein agreed upon.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 25705. Section 25705.

For the purposes of this article, the county may incur a bonded indebtedness, upon the conditions, in the manner, and in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Article 1 (commencing at Section 29900) of Chapter 6 of Division 3 of this title.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026