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Div. 50.DIVISION 50. SAFE DRINKING WATER, WILDFIRE PREVENTION, DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS, AND CLEAN AIR BOND ACT of 2024
Ch. 2.CHAPTER 2. Safe Drinking Water, Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience
This text of California § 91011. (91011. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 83, Sec. 2.)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering California primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(a)Of the funds made available by Section 91010, six hundred ten million dollars ($610,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the water board for grants or loans that improve water quality or help provide clean, safe, and reliable drinking water. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
(1)Projects that help to
provide clean, safe, and reliable drinking water.
(2)Projects that increase water quality monitoring and remediation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
(3)Innovative projects to increase the affordability of safe drinking water.
(4)Projects that implement countywide drought and water shortage contingency plans adopted pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 10609.40) of Part 2.55 of Divis
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(a)
Of the funds made available by Section 91010, six hundred ten million dollars ($610,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the water board for grants or loans that improve water quality or help provide clean, safe, and reliable drinking water. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
(1)
Projects that help to
provide clean, safe, and reliable drinking water.
(2)
Projects that increase water quality monitoring and remediation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
(3)
Innovative projects to increase the affordability of safe drinking water.
(4)
Projects that implement countywide drought and water shortage contingency plans adopted pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 10609.40) of Part 2.55 of Division 6 of the Water Code.
(5)
Projects that prevent, reduce, or treat the contamination of groundwater that serves as a major source of drinking water for a community.
(6)
Projects to consolidate water or wastewater systems or to extend wastewater service to residences currently
served by inadequate onsite sewer treatment systems.
(7)
Grants for projects and technical and financial assistance to address hexavalent chromium in drinking water.
(8)
(A)
Tribal water infrastructure projects that provide safe, clean, and reliable drinking water to tribal communities.
(B)
Not less than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be allocated to projects described in subparagraph (A).
(b)
If there is a responsible party identified to have contributed to contamination of a drinking water well, or system, the water system or public agency responsible for the infrastructure may apply for competitive state grant program funding for a drinking water infrastructure project to address water quality issues. The grant
applicant may apply for funding in the amount above and beyond what the responsible party is required to contribute to the infrastructure project.
(c)
Reasonable geographic allocation to eligible projects throughout the state shall be considered, including both northern and southern California and inland and coastal regions.
(d)
At least 40 percent of the allocation made pursuant to this section shall benefit disadvantaged communities, severely disadvantaged communities, or vulnerable populations.
(e)
For severely disadvantaged communities with populations of no more than 500 persons that serve no more than 100 service connections, there shall be no maximum amount per service connection for eligible projects.