Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 20. CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT [30000 - 30900]
( Division 20 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330. ) CHAPTER 3. Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies [30200 - 30270]
( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330. ) ARTICLE 4. Marine Environment [30230 - 30236]
( Article 4 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330. ) 30231.
The biological productivity and the quality of coastal waters, streams, wetlands, estuaries, and lakes appropriate to maintain optimum populations of marine organisms and for the protection of human health shall be maintained and, where feasible, restored through, among other means, minimizing adverse effects of waste water discharges and entrainment, controlling runoff, preventing depletion of ground water supplies and substantial interference with surface waterflow, encouraging waste water reclamation, maintaining natural vegetation buffer areas that protect riparian habitats, and minimizing alteration of natural streams.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)