{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-10725.8","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 10725.8","heading":"","body":"(a) A groundwater sustainability agency may require through its groundwater sustainability plan that the use of every groundwater extraction facility within the management area of the groundwater sustainability agency be measured by a water-measuring device satisfactory to the groundwater sustainability agency.\n(b) All costs associated with the purchase and installation of the water-measuring device shall be borne by the owner or operator of each groundwater extraction facility. The water-measuring devices shall be installed by the groundwater sustainability agency or, at the groundwater sustainability agency’s option, by the owner or operator of the groundwater extraction facility. Water-measuring devices shall be calibrated on a reasonable schedule as may be determined by the groundwater sustainability agency.\n(c) A groundwater sustainability agency may require, through its groundwater sustainability plan, that the owner or operator of a groundwater extraction facility within the groundwater sustainability agency file an annual statement with the groundwater sustainability agency setting forth the total extraction in acre-feet of groundwater from the facility during the previous water year.\n(d) In addition to the measurement of groundwater extractions pursuant to subdivision (a), a groundwater sustainability agency may use any other reasonable method to determine groundwater extraction.\n(e) This section does not apply to de minimis extractors.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 6. CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES [10000. - 12999.]","PART 2.74. Sustainable Groundwater Management [10720. - 10738.]","CHAPTER 5. Powers and Authorities [10725. - 10726.9.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6513919619b56d1852f5b9382ba7e75203d41b114fa0e4473e31109a5e6f666e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-10725.6","next":"us-ca/wat-10726"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}