2005 California Water Code Sections 10532-10537 CHAPTER 3. DEFINITIONS

10532.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set
forth in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
10533.  "Local public agency" means any city, county, city and
county, special district, corporation, or mutual water company.
10534.  "Qualified projects or programs" means regional projects or
programs that improve source water quality, improve drinking water
quality, provide flood protection, improve levee stability, provide
water supply reliability, increase agricultural, domestic, or
environmental water supply, improve the quality or quantity of
groundwater, protect watersheds for the purposes of improving water
quality or water quantity, or undertake environmental mitigation,
restoration, or enhancement.
10535.  "Qualified reports or studies" means reports or studies
relating to regional water quality, water supply planning, flood
protection, or environmental mitigation, restoration, or enhancement
projects or programs.
10536.  "Regional plan" means a plan for the implementation or
operation of qualified projects or programs or the preparation of
qualified reports or studies.
10537.  "Regional water management group" means a group in which
three or more local public agencies, at least two of which have
statutory authority over water supply, participate by means of a
joint powers agreement, memorandum of understanding, or other written
agreement, as appropriate, that is approved by the governing bodies
of those local public agencies.