Title WAT, California Water Code

Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the account may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) CALFED is in the process of preparing a programmatic EIS/EIR for a long-term comprehensive plan that will resolve problems related to ecosystem restoration, water quality, water supplies, and water management for…

This chapter does not authorize implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program or any element of the program. The implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, or any element of the program, shall only be undertaken pursuant to authority provided by law other than this division…

(a) The Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration Account is hereby created in the fund for the purpose of funding eligible projects. The sum of three hundred ninety million dollars ($390,000,000) is hereby transferred from the fund to the account. (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the …

The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall carry out this chapter in accordance with procedures established by CALFED for the purposes of ecosystem restoration until the Legislature, by statute, authorizes another entity, that is recommended by CALFED, to carry out this chapter.…

The sum of eight hundred twenty-five million dollars ($825,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund for the balanced implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Expenditures and grants pursuant to this chapter shall be limited to the foll…

All appropriations pursuant to this chapter shall include money for independent scientific review, monitoring, and assessment of the results or effectiveness of the project or program expenditure. (Added November 5, 2002, by initiative Proposition 50.)

All projects financed pursuant to this chapter shall be consistent with the CALFED Programmatic Record of Decision including its provisions regarding finance and balanced implementation. (Added November 5, 2002, by initiative Proposition 50.)

Consistent with the CALFED Programmatic Record of Decision, priority shall be given to projects that achieve multiple benefits across CALFED program elements. Not more than 5 percent of the money available pursuant to this chapter may be used for administrative costs. (Added Nove…

All real property acquired with money appropriated or granted pursuant to subdivision (e) or (f) of Section 79550 shall be acquired from willing sellers. (Added November 5, 2002, by initiative Proposition 50.)

For the 2004–05 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, not less than 50 percent of the funds made available pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 79550 for acquisition of water for the CALFED environmental water account shall be expended for long-term water purchase contr…

The sum of eight hundred ten million dollars ($810,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, for expenditures on, and competitive grants and loans to, projects that are included in and implemented in an adopted integrated regional water man…

In order to improve regional water self-reliance security and adapt to the effects on water supply arising out of climate change, the purposes of this chapter are to: (a) Help water infrastructure systems adapt to climate change, including, but not limited to, sea level rise. (b)…

(a) In selecting among proposed projects in a watershed, the scope of the adopted integrated regional water management plan may be considered by the administering state agency, with priority going to projects in plans that cover a greater portion of the watershed. If a plan cover…

Subject to the determination of regional priorities in the regional water management group, eligible projects may include, but are not limited to, projects that promote any of the following: (a) Water reuse and recycling for nonpotable reuse and direct and indirect potable reuse.…

(a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, five hundred ten million dollars ($510,000,000) shall be allocated to the hydrologic regions as identified in the California Water Plan in accordance with this section. For the South Coast hydrologic region, the department shall estab…

The Department of Water Resources shall expend, either directly or for noncompetitive grants, no less than 10 percent of the funds from the regional allocations specified in Section 79744 for the purposes of ensuring involvement of disadvantaged communities, economically distress…

(a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, the sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) may be used for direct expenditures, and for grants and loans, for the following water conservation and water-use efficiency plans, projects, and programs: (1) Urban water conserva…

(a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available for grants for multibenefit stormwater management projects. (b) Eligible projects may include, but shall not be limited to, green infrastructure, rainwater and stormwater c…

In order to receive funding authorized by this chapter to address groundwater quality or supply in an aquifer, the applicant shall demonstrate that a public agency has authority to manage the water resources in that aquifer. A groundwater management plan adopted and submitted in …

Membership of a public entity in the agency does not affect the identity or legal existence, nor impair the powers, of that public entity. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

This division shall be liberally construed to carry out its purposes. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

(a) The water delivery quantities set forth in subdivision (b) describe, for the purposes of this division, the average daily deliveries of water from San Francisco to the identified entities during the 2000–01 fiscal year. (b) The water delivery quantities are as follows: Name A…

Nothing in this act changes the governance, control, or ownership of the regional water system. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)