§ 83002. — 83002. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 258, Sec. 129.)

California § 83002.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code WAT: Water Code - WAT
• Div. 33.: DIVISION 33. INTEGRATED WATER SUPPLY AND FLOOD PROTECTION PLANNING, DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENTATION

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The sum of eight hundred twenty million nine hundred seventy-three thousand dollars ($820,973,000) is hereby appropriated in accordance with the following schedule:
(a)
Of the funds made available pursuant to Chapter 1.699 (commencing with Section 5096.800) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of two hundred eighty-five million dollars ($285,000,000) is hereby appropriated as follows:
(1)
Pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5096.821 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of one hundred thirty-five million dollars ($135,000,000) to the department for the acquisition, design, and construction of essential emergency preparedness supplies and projects. Prior to the design or construction of any project funded
pursuant to this paragraph, the California Bay-Delta Authority, or its successor, shall approve the specific project or program. Preference shall be given to projects that protect and improve Delta water quality and drinking water supplies. Of the amount made available pursuant to this paragraph, not less than thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) shall be expended by the department for projects to reinforce those sections of the levees that have the highest potential to suffer breaches or failure and cause harm to municipal and industrial water supply aqueducts that cross the Delta and which are vulnerable to flood damage, including the installation of scour protection on the supports of the aqueducts in those areas located adjacent to the sections of the levees that have been identified as having the highest risk for breaches or failure.
(2)
Pursuant to Section 5096.827 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of one hundred fifty million
dollars ($150,000,000) to the department for grants for stormwater flood management projects that reduce flood damage and provide other benefits, including groundwater recharge, water quality improvement, and ecosystem restoration. Not less than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of this amount shall be available for projects that address immediate public health and safety needs or strengthen existing flood control facilities to address seismic safety issues. Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be available for local agencies to meet immediate water quality needs related to combined municipal sewer and stormwater systems to prevent sewage discharges into state waters. Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be available for urban stream stormwater flood management projects to reduce the frequency and impacts of flooding in watersheds that drain to the San Francisco Bay.
(b)
Of the funds made available pursuant to Division 43
(commencing with Section 75001) of the Public Resources Code, the sum of five hundred twenty-six million four hundred ninety-one thousand dollars ($526,491,000) is hereby appropriated as follows:
(1)
Pursuant to Section 75022 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) to the State Department of Public Health for grants for small community drinking water system infrastructure improvements and related action to meet safe drinking water standards. First priority for these funds shall be given to disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged communities lacking resources to provide safe drinking water to residents. Small community drinking water systems that are dependent on surface water and are under orders from the State Department of Public Health to boil water from existing treatment systems for parasites, viruses, or giardia shall be eligible for grants for drinking water system infrastructure improvements.
(2)
Pursuant to Section 75025 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of fifty million four hundred thousand dollars ($50,400,000) to the State Department of Public Health for grants for projects to prevent or reduce the contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water. Funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be available for immediate projects needed to protect public health by preventing or reducing the contamination of groundwater that serves as a major source of drinking water for a community.
(A)
The State Department of Public Health shall prioritize project funding based on the following criteria:
(i)
The threat posed by groundwater contamination to the affected community’s overall drinking water supplies, including the need for the treatment or construction of alternative supplies if
groundwater is not available due to contamination.
(ii)
The potential for groundwater contamination to spread and reduce drinking water supply and water storage capacity for major population areas.
(iii)
The potential of the project, if fully implemented, to enhance local water supply reliability.
(iv)
The potential of the project to increase opportunities for groundwater recharge and optimization of groundwater supplies.
(B)
The State Department of Public Health shall give additional consideration to projects that meet any of the following criteria:
(i)
The project is implemented pursuant to a comprehensive basinwide groundwater quality management and remediation plan or is necessary to
develop a comprehensive groundwater plan.
(ii)
Affected groundwater provides a local supply that, if contaminated, will require the importation of additional water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta or the Colorado River.
(iii)
The project will serve an economically disadvantaged community.
(iv)
Multiple contaminants affect more than one-third of the well capacity of a local water system.
(C)
Of the amount made available by this paragraph, up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be allocated for projects that meet the criteria of this paragraph and both of the following criteria:
(i)
The project has the potential to leverage funds.
(ii)
The project addresses contamination at a site on the list maintained by the Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 45 of the Health and Safety Code or a site listed on the National Priorities List pursuant to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.).
(D)
Of the funds made available by this paragraph, two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be allocated to the State Department of Public Health to contract with the State Water Resources Control Board for purposes of Section 83002.5.
(3)
(A)
Pursuant to Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of one hundred eighty-one million seven hundred ninety-one thousand dollars
($181,791,000) to the department for integrated regional water management activities as follows:
(i)
One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for implementation grants.
(ii)
Thirty-nine million dollars ($39,000,000) for planning grants, local groundwater assistance grants, and CALFED scientific research grants.
(iii)
(I)
Twenty-two million ninety-one thousand dollars ($22,091,000) for projects with interregional or statewide benefits.
(II)
Of the amount made available pursuant to this paragraph, not less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be made available for expenditure to interconnect municipal and industrial water supply aqueducts that cross the Delta and that are vulnerable to flood damage, including the design and
construction of interties among aqueducts that provide at least 90 percent of a regional water supply that would be threatened in the event of levee failure or other disaster, and that support an integrated regional emergency water supply system.
(iv)
Twenty million seven hundred thousand dollars ($20,700,000) for program delivery costs.
(B)
An implementation grant pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph (A) shall be available only for projects included in an integrated regional water management plan that meets one of the following conditions:
(i)
The plan complies with Part 2.2 (commencing with Section 10530) of Division 6.
(ii)
For a plan adopted before the date on which this section is enacted, both of the following apply:
(I)
The regional water management group that prepared the plan enters into a binding agreement with the department to update the plan to comply with Part 2.2 (commencing with Section 10530) of Division 6 within two years of the date on which the agreement was entered into.
(II)
The regional water management group undertakes all reasonable and feasible efforts to take into account water-related needs of disadvantaged communities in the area within the boundaries of the plan.
(C)
(i)
Of the funds described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the department shall allocate not less than 10 percent to facilitate and support the participation of disadvantaged communities in integrated regional water management planning and for projects that address critical water supply or water quality needs
for disadvantaged communities.
(ii)
Except as otherwise specified in clause (iii), the department shall achieve the allocation described in clause (i) by awarding grants for those purposes to disadvantaged communities within a hydrologic region in a total dollar amount that is not less than 10 percent of the total dollar amount of grants awarded within the region.
(iii)
The department shall implement this subparagraph with due diligence, but shall implement clause (ii) only to the extent that the implementation does not affect the expeditious allocation of funds for integrated regional water management grants.
(iv)
The department shall submit a report to the Legislature with regard to the implementation of this subparagraph on or before July 1, 2010.
(D)
Of the funds described in clause (iii) of subparagraph (A), the department shall allocate two million dollars ($2,000,000) to Tulare County for development of an integrated water quality and wastewater treatment program plan to address the drinking water and wastewater needs of disadvantaged communities in the Tulare Lake Basin. Funds allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall be available for assessment and feasibility studies necessary to develop the plan, and the plan shall include recommendations for planning, infrastructure, and other water management actions, and shall include specific recommendations for regional drinking water treatment facilities, regional wastewater treatment facilities, conjunctive use sites and groundwater recharge, groundwater for surface water exchanges, related infrastructure, and cost-sharing mechanisms. Tulare County shall consult with appropriate stakeholders, including representatives of disadvantaged communities, when preparing the plan. The department,
in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall submit the plan to the Legislature by January 1, 2011.
(E)
Of the funds described in clause (i) of subparagraph (A), the department shall allocate not less than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) to support urban and agricultural water conservation projects necessary to meet a 20-percent reduction in per capita water use by the year 2020.
(4)
Pursuant to Section 75029 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of ninety million dollars (90,000,000) to the department for the implementation of Delta water quality improvement projects that protect drinking water supplies as follows:
(A)
Pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 75029 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for drinking water intake facility projects to
improve the quality of drinking water supply from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that are identified in the June 2005 Delta Region Drinking Water Quality Management Plan. Funding shall be made available for environmental review, design, and construction. Project proponents seeking funding for construction shall meet all of the following criteria:
(i)
Have completed documentation required under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) and a notice of determination has been filed prior to June 30, 2008.
(ii)
Have demonstrated multiple benefits in conveyance and Delta operation to achieve protection or improvement to Delta pelagic fisheries, as well as drinking water quality improvement and public health protection.
(iii)
Are able to complete
design and commence construction before June 30, 2009.
(iv)
Have local or federal cost-sharing funds immediately available.
(B)
The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) for projects consistent with subdivision (c) of Section 75029 of the Public Resources Code.
(5)
Pursuant to Section 75033 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) to the department for the acquisition, preservation, protection, and restoration of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta resources in accordance with Section 75033 of the Public Resources Code. The department shall expend these funds pursuant to priorities that reflect the value of the resources and land uses protected by the levees to the state as a whole, consistent with the Delta Vision Strategic Plan. Projects shall be selected to improve the
stability of the Delta levee system, reduce subsidence, and assist in restoring the ecosystem of the Delta. Priority shall be given to projects that improve conditions for Delta smelt and other native fish. Up to five million dollars ($5,000,000) made available pursuant to this paragraph shall be available as grants and direct expenditures for emergency communications equipment to improve emergency response preparedness.
(6)
Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 75041) of Division 43 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of thirty-seven million dollars ($37,000,000) to the department as follows:
(A)
(i)
Twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) to complete the planning and feasibility studies associated with new surface storage under the California Bay-Delta Program.
(ii)
The planning and
feasibility studies shall include the following information:
(I)
The identification of specific construction and operation conditions proposed for each surface storage facility, including consideration of climate change, an estimated schedule for the construction and completion of each project funded under Section 75041, and the total costs of constructing each project.
(II)
A description of the estimated total costs to construct each project and an allocation of the costs to public and private beneficiaries.
(iii)
Any feasibility study conducted by or funded by the state for new surface storage under the California Bay-Delta Program shall evaluate funded projects consistent with all statutory and other legally established requirements for protection of environmental and natural resources, including protections for
the McCloud River pursuant to Section 5093.542 of the Public Resources Code.
(iv)
The feasibility studies shall be prepared and submitted to the Governor and the Legislature no later than December 31, 2009.
(B)
(i)
Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for planning and feasibility studies to identify potential options for the reoperation of the state’s flood protection and water supply systems that will optimize the use of existing facilities and groundwater storage capacity.
(ii)
The studies shall incorporate appropriate climate change scenarios and be designed to determine the potential to achieve the following objectives:
(I)
Integration of flood protection and water supply systems to increase water supply reliability and flood
protection, improve water quality, and provide for ecosystem protection and restoration.
(II)
Reoperation of existing reservoirs, flood facilities, and other water facilities in conjunction with groundwater storage to improve water supply reliability, flood control, and ecosystem protection and to reduce groundwater overdraft.
(III)
Promotion of more effective groundwater management and protection and greater integration of groundwater and surface water resource uses.
(IV)
Improvement of existing water conveyance systems to increase water supply reliability, improve water quality, expand flood protection, and protect and restore ecosystems.
(C)
Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to update the California Water Plan, including evaluation of climate change
impacts, the development of strategies to adapt to climate change impacts, technical assistance to local agencies that incorporate climate change into their studies, reports, and plans, and the identification of strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to the storage, conveyance, and distribution of water.
(D)
Of the money made available pursuant to subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) may be expended for planning and feasibility studies necessary to implement the Delta Vision Strategic Plan, developed pursuant to Executive Order No. S-17-06, dated September 28, 2006, establishing the Delta Vision process.
(7)
Pursuant to Section 75050 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of seventeen million three hundred thousand dollars ($17,300,000) for the protection and restoration of rivers and streams as follows:
(A)
Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the State Coastal Conservancy for purposes of subdivision (i) of Section 75050 of the Public Resources Code.
(B)
Seven million three hundred thousand dollars ($7,300,000) to the department for purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 75050 of the Public Resources Code.
(c)
Of the funds made available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 79550, the sum of three million seven hundred sixty thousand dollars ($3,760,000) is hereby appropriated to the department for planning and feasibility studies associated with surface storage under the California Bay-Delta Program.
(d)
(1)
Of the funds available pursuant to Section 79101, the sum of two million two hundred seventy-two thousand dollars
($2,272,000) is appropriated to the department for the Sacramento River Hamilton City Area Flood Damage Reduction Project.
(2)
Of the funds available pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 79196.5, the sum of three million four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,450,000) is appropriated to the department for the Franks Tract Pilot Project under the CALFED Drinking Water Quality Program.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 258, Sec. 129. (AB 2327) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 130 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 258.