Legal Opinion
Lake Madrone Water District v. State Water Resources Control Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 30, 1989No. C003345PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, J.
In this case, we hold that the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) lawfully ordered operators of a dam to refrain from flushing accumulated sediment into a creek, and to submit a plan for cleanup of the sediment, because the operators caused the discharge of “waste” under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Wat. Code, § 13000 et seq.; all undesignated statutory references are to the Water Code.)
Factual and Procedural Background
Lake Madrone is a private recreational lake used by the owners of houses and cabins on its shores. It was created in 1930 by the…
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