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Any such barrier which is not in excess of 6 feet in height, regardless of storage <br />capacity, or which has a storage capacity not in excess of 15 acre-feet, regardless <br />of height, shall not be considered a dam. <br />No obstruction in a canal used to raise or lower water therein or divert water therefrom, <br />no levee, including but not limited to a levee on the bed of a natural lake the primary <br />purpose of which levee is to control floodwater, no railroad fill or structure, and no <br />road or highway fill or structure, no circular tank constructed of steel or concrete <br />or both, no tank elevated above the ground, and no barrier which is not across a <br />stream channel, watercourse, or natural drainage area and which has the principal <br />purpose of impounding water for agricultural use shall be considered a dam. <br />No obstruction in the channel of a stream or watercourse which is 15 feet or less in height <br />from the lowest elevation of the obstruction and which has the single purpose of <br />spreading water within the bed of the stream or watercourse upstream from the <br />construction for percolation underground shall be considered a dam. <br />The levee of an island adjacent to tidal waters in the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta, as <br />defined in California Water Code section 12220, even when used to impound water, <br />shall not be considered a dam and the impoundment shall not be considered a <br />reservoir if the maximum possible water storage elevation of the impounded water <br />does not exceed four feet above mean seal level, as established by the United States <br />Geological Survey 1929 datum. <br />No noncircular tank, constructed of steel or concrete, or both, that is constructed <br />in a county of the third class by a public agency, under the supervision of a civil <br />engineer registered in the state, that does not exceed 75 acre feet in capacity or 30 <br />feet in height, and no barrier that is not across a stream channel, watercourse, or <br />natural drainage area and that has the principal use as a sewage sludge drying <br />facility shall be considered a dam. <br />Nor shall any impoundment constructed and utilized to hold treated water from a <br />sewage treatment plant be considered a dam. Nor shall any wastewater treatment <br />or storage pond exempted from state regulation and supervision by California <br />Water Code section 6025.5 be considered a dam. <br />10) Damages means compensation in money recovered by a party for loss or detriment <br />it has suffered through the acts of a covered party. Damages include (1) attorney <br />fees not based on contract awarded against the covered party, (2) interest on <br />judgments, or (3) costs, for which the covered party is liable either by adjudication <br />or by compromise with the written consent of the Authority, if the fees, interest or <br />costs arise from an occurrence to which this coverage applies. <br />Damages also include reasonable attorney fees and necessary litigation expenses <br />incurred by or for a party other than the covered party, which are assumed by the <br />Memorandum of Coverage <br />Effective: 0710112019 <br />0 <br />