Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Every Californian should enjoy the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards. Every community should be a healthy environment in which to live, work, play, and learn. (b) No single group of people …

(a) The Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to help water systems provide an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water in both the near and long terms. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys dep…

For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Adequate supply” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681. (b) “Administrator” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116686. (c) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (d) “Community water system” has the same meani…

The purposes of the fund expenditure plan are as follows: (a) To identify public water systems, community water systems, and state small water systems that consistently fail to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water, including the cause or causes of the failure and app…

(a) On or before July 1, 2020, the board shall develop and adopt a policy for developing the fund expenditure plan that includes all of the following elements: (1) A requirement that the board consult with an advisory group to aid in meeting the purposes of the fund expenditure p…

(a) The fund expenditure plan shall contain the following: (1) A report of expenditures from the fund for the prior fiscal year and planned expenditures for the current fiscal year. (2) A list of systems that consistently fail to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water.…

The fund expenditure plan may include expenditures for the following: (a) The provision of replacement water, as needed, to ensure immediate protection of health and safety as a short-term solution. (b) The development, implementation, and sustainability of long-term drinking wat…

(a) The board may undertake any of the following actions to implement the fund: (1) Provide for the deposit of any of the following moneys into the fund: (A) Federal contributions. (B) Voluntary contributions, gifts, grants, or bequests. (C) Financial participation by a public ag…

(a) This chapter does not expand any obligation of the state to provide resources for the provisions of this article or to require the expenditure of additional resources beyond the amount of moneys deposited in the fund. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that participation …

(a) (1) By January 1, 2021, the board, in consultation with local health officers and other relevant stakeholders, shall use available data to make available a map of aquifers that are at high risk of containing contaminants that exceed safe drinking water standards that are used…