{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-13275","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 13275","heading":"","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a public water system regulated by the state board pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116270) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code shall have the same legal rights and remedies against a responsible party, when the water supply used by that public water system is contaminated, as those of a private land owner whose groundwater has been contaminated.\n(b) For purposes of this section, “responsible party” has the same meaning as defined in Section 78145 of the Health and Safety Code.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 7. WATER QUALITY [13000. - 16201.]","CHAPTER 4. Regional Water Quality Control [13200. - 13286.9.]","ARTICLE 4. Waste Discharge Requirements [13260. - 13276.]"],"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":"3170d1635ec5d109b2301b44815f9a28abe0d099a95612a401b4089027820be7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-13274","next":"us-ca/wat-13276"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}