§390h–34 North Bay Water Reuse Program

Summary

Allows the federal Secretary, working with California, to make agreements with member agencies of the North Bay Water Reuse Authority in Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma counties to plan, design, and build water reuse projects in the North San Pablo Bay watershed if the projects are found feasible. Eligible entity: a member agency of the North Bay Water Reuse Authority in those counties. Water reclamation and reuse project: work to improve water quality, treat wastewater, reuse water, recharge or protect groundwater, boost surface water, or related improvements. State means California. The work must follow two phases: first build the main treatment and main pipes, then build sub-regional distribution systems. The federal share of the first phase cannot be more than 25 percent. Non-federal partners can count in-kind work toward their share, including reasonable planning, design, and construction costs and land costs for project facilities that they own. The Secretary must use existing design and environmental work when practical and will not fund operation and maintenance. This does not change state water law or interstate water compacts, and it does not give federal water rights to non-federal parties. Up to $25,000,000 is authorized for the federal share of the first phase, available until spent.