ARTICLE 2. Groundwater Storage Program [79170. - 79183.]
Article 2 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1.
§§ 79170–79183 · 14 sections
- § 79170 The Legislature finds and declares that the conjunctive management of surface water and groundwater is an effective way to improve the reliability of water…
- § 79171 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Conjunctive use” means the temporary storage of…
- § 79172 There is hereby created in the account the Conjunctive Use Subaccount.
- § 79173 The sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79174 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for grants for feasibility studies, project…
- § 79175 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be expended for purposes of financing feasibility studies.
- § 79176 For the purpose of approving projects pursuant to this article, the department shall give priority to those projects for which there is available third-party…
- § 79177 To be eligible for funding for the construction of a conjunctive use project under this article, an applicant that is other than a local agency shall be…
- § 79178 No construction project may receive more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) from the subaccount.
- § 79179 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
- § 79180 Not less than 40 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount shall be expended for studies, projects, and facilities within watersheds of the…
- § 79181 (a) A project undertaken pursuant to this article shall fully protect and preserve the groundwater rights of the overlying landowners and shall fully protect…
- § 79182 In carrying out this article and awarding grants, the department shall convene and consult with an advisory committee comprised of technically qualified…
- § 79183 The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.